By Emma Whitford. Any student who was awarded an associate’s, bachelor’s or postgraduate degree from a U.S. college or university this spring is eligible for the free download on Gates’s blog, Gates Notes, after creating a Gates Notes account and providing the name of their college or university. More...
Title IX Complaints Spiked Over 2 Decades
By Emma Whitford. Complaints under the federal law barring gender discrimination in education increased at least fivefold from 1994 to 2014, and shifted in nature during that time from focusing predominantly on academics to encompassing athletics and sexual harassment in almost equal measure, too, a new study finds. More...
No Pakistani Scholars Allowed
By Elizabeth Redden. The Indian government is barring Pakistani scholars from participating in a conference in New Delhi co-sponsored by an American academic association. More...
Oxford Mocked for Email
By Elizabeth Redden. The University of Oxford is being mocked for an email in which administrators suggested that the "highly developed social conscience" of students draws homeless people to the city of Oxford, the BBC reported. More...
Chinese Students: Security Threat or Stereotype Threat?
By Elizabeth Redden. As Senate subcommittee takes on issue of international students and national security, some raise concerns about generalizations that would paint Chinese students and scholars broadly as spies. More...
Recruiting Without a Plan
By Elizabeth Redden. Nearly a third (32 percent) of respondents to a survey on international enrollment management reported that their institutions spend less than $10,000 per year on international recruitment travel. More...
A Shifting Policy Landscape
By Elizabeth Redden. Policy experts speak about the myriad regulatory and subregulatory changes that are in ways potentially big and small changing the landscape for international students and scholars in the U.S. More...
Intensive English Enrollments in U.S. Drop 20%
By Elizabeth Redden. International student enrollments in intensive English programs in the U.S. declined by 20 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to new data from the Institute of International Education released Wednesday at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference. More...
Groups Raise Concerns on Chinese Student Visa Limits
By Elizabeth Redden. Major higher education groups issued statements Wednesday expressing concern about the Trump administration's reported plans to limit the length of visas for certain Chinese citizens starting June 11. More...
U.S. to Limit Visa Length for Some Chinese Students
By Elizabeth Redden. The Trump administration plans to limit the duration of some visas issued to Chinese citizens in response to concerns about intellectual property theft, the Associated Press reported. More...