Tag: international students

October 21, 2022

America’s higher education system is facing a crisis: students’ mental health. A survey by TimelyMD found that 88 percent of college students are experiencing declining mental health, with 75 percent report being more stressed than they were in 2021, even […]

September 1, 2022

After months of slow progress, China’s authorities appear to be preparing for a widespread return of international students. “Welcome news! International students can now return to China to resume their studies,” wrote Ma Hui, China’s ambassador to Cuba, in a […]

July 8, 2022

Bowdoin College announced that it is going need blind for international student admissions. “Ensuring access to a Bowdoin education is central to our mission. This commitment to need-blind admission for our international applicants is another important part of a remarkable […]

June 24, 2022

International students are returning en masse to U.S. campuses after the challenges of COVID-19 limited student mobility for the last two years, according to a new report by the Institute of International Education. While only 8 percent of U.S. campuses […]

January 24, 2022

The Biden administration announced a series of administrative actions aimed at attracting and retaining international students and researchers in STEM fields on Friday. These actions include identifying 22 new fields of study eligible for the STEM optional practical training program, […]

November 5, 2021

Japan’s government is expected to announce new border measures that would allow the entry of international students, ending months of uncertainty for thousands. Starting as soon as Nov. 8, Tokyo could roll out new travel rules, to be made effective […]

June 24, 2021

As America’s mass vaccination efforts enable much of the country to lift coronavirus restrictions, colleges and their students are preparing for in-person learning this fall. But it’s doubtful whether international students in countries still ravaged by the pandemic will be […]

June 11, 2021

Forty-three percent of colleges reported an increase in applications from international students from 2020, according to a survey from the Institute of International Education that garnered 414 responses. While the vast majority of responding institutions (90 percent) expect to offer […]

May 14, 2021

ACE asked similar questions of U.S. adults in 2017 and 2019. Across the three surveys, the share of respondents grew who think the U.S. should encourage more international students to study there as a way to bolster the country. But […]

January 28, 2021

The $6 billion in emergency student grants funded by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act, was the subject of high-profile legal drama. Nearly two weeks after former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released the money to colleges […]

December 2, 2020

Legal experts said the changes could have hurt colleges’ ability to recruit international students by limiting foreign workers’ employment opportunities in the U.S. Already, international student enrollment in the country is lagging. The number of foreign students fell for the […]

November 12, 2020

A total of 69,518 international students were enrolled in U.S. high schools in fall 2019, a 6 percent decline from the prior fall and a 15 percent decline from a peak of 81,981 international high school students in fall 2016, […]

July 15, 2020

Kick international students out of the country? Force them to attend in-person classes in the face of a pandemic? That would be a hard “no.” In a resounding victory over the Trump administration’s threat that international students must attend classes […]

July 7, 2020

The article “International Students Banned From Online-Only Instruction” took the tone that government action to follow existing rules was something new and puts further hardship on universities struggling to come up with ways to keep students safe. A more balanced […]

October 19, 2018

The number of international students in the U.S. is on the decline, posing a challenge to colleges that rely on the higher tuition paid by this group and who seek to create a globally diverse campus. Higher education officials cite […]

July 5, 2018

Statistics supplied by the Council of Graduate Schools in 2018 show that for the first time since fall 2003 there has been a decline in graduate student enrollment. The organization said specifically, applications from prospective international graduate students declined by […]