By Elizabeth Redden. The Trump administration published notice on Wednesday that it intends to propose a new rule in fall 2019 establishing a maximum period of authorized stay for international students and other holders of certain nonimmigrant visas. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. In late August Inside Higher Ed published an article about a student from Gambia who was twice denied a visa to come to the United States despite having secured financial support for her education, including a substantial scholarship to a college in New York State. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. A number of institutions -- including Carleton and McGill Universities and the University of Calgary -- have issued policies or guidelines prohibiting the smoking or consumption of cannabis on their campuses. Some of the policies specify that accommodations will be made for individuals who have medial reasons for needing marijuana. Thompson Rivers University is prohibiting all nonmedicinal marijuana usage on its campuses. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. The Trump administration plans to publish a proposed rule this month that would increase the probability that holders of advanced degrees from U.S. institutions would be selected for one of 85,000 H-1B skilled worker visas available in the annual lottery, Politico reported. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. An American student who was barred from entering Israel for her alleged past support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement will be permitted to enter the country and begin her studies as a master’s student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. A British professor is unable to give a plenary speech at a conference in Arizona because of her academic travels to an archaeological site in Sudan in 2014. She will instead be delivering her talk at the Cultural Evolution Society’s conference, which began Monday at Arizona State University, by Skype. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. A British Ph.D. student has been detained in solitary confinement for five months and is facing trial on spying charges in the United Arab Emirates, the Financial Times reported. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. A second instructor at the University of Michigan declines to write a letter for a student to study in Israel, citing support for the boycott, and a first professor who refused to write a letter is disciplined. Meanwhile, Israel has detained and ordered the deportation of a U.S. student for her support for the boycott movement. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. As part of a hard-line speech on China Thursday, Vice President Pence said that China seeks to exert pressure on scholars, students and universities abroad to toe the Chinese Communist Party line. He specifically cited the case of a University of Maryland, College Park, student from China, Yang Shuping, who came under heavy criticism back home after giving a spring 2017 commencement speech in which she praised “the fresh air of free speech” in the U.S. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. An American student is expected to be deported from Israel for backing the boycott movement against the nation, Haaretz reported Thursday. More...
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