By Elizabeth Redden. An associate professor of journalism at New York University said United Arab Emirate officials denied him the requisite security clearance he needed to teach at NYU's campus in Abu Dhabi this fall for reasons that he believes are related to his religion. More...
Study Abroad in Cuba Continues, Despite Warning
By Elizabeth Redden. Several study abroad providers said they planned to continue their programming in Cuba after the U.S. Department of State issued a warning on Friday advising American citizens against travel to the country and ordered the departure of nonemergency diplomatic staff. More...
Survey: Study Abroad as Tool to Land Jobs
By Elizabeth Redden. More than half (53.3 percent) of alumni of study abroad programs say they believe their study abroad experience contributed to them receiving a job offer, according to a survey on the relationship between study abroad and career outcomes published today by the Institute of International Education. More...
Update on Central European Bid to Stay in Budapest
By Elizabeth Redden. Central European University provided an update Tuesday on the status of negotiations between the Hungarian and New York State governments over an agreement that would allow the institution, which is chartered in New York but does not have a campus there, to continue to operate in Budapest. More...
A ‘Global Innovation Exchange’
By Elizabeth Redden. Seeking to “invert the model” of U.S. universities opening campuses abroad, the University of Washington and China’s Tsinghua University will open degree-granting academic center near Seattle. More...
Business Programs See Drops in Non-U.S. Applicants
By Elizabeth Redden. The majority of graduate business programs in the U.S. reported declines in international applications this year compared to last year, even as the majority of programs in Canada and Europe reported increases, according to a survey of 965 graduate business programs in 45 countries conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council, which owns and administers the GMAT entrance test. More...
International Enrollments: From Flat to Way Down
By Elizabeth Redden. Amid concerns about visas and the political environment, some institutions are maintaining or even increasing their enrollment numbers, but many report drops, some by as much as 30 to 50 percent for new students. More...
Trump Ends DACA
By Elizabeth Redden. Colleges look to support students after administration announces end of program that granted hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants protection from deportation and the right to work. More...
Chinese Students Plead Guilty to TOEFL Fraud
By Elizabeth Redden. Three Chinese students have agreed to plead guilty to cheating on the Test of English as a Foreign Language and will likely be deported, Reuters reported. More...
Democratic Attorneys General Sue to Keep DACA
By Elizabeth Redden. Attorney generals from 15 states and the District of Columbia – all Democrats -- filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop the Trump administration’s plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced plans to end DACA, through which about 800,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children have obtained the right to legally work and protection against deportation. More...