Karin Fischer
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Harvard got the most foreign funds from entities in "countries of concern" like China, according to updates to a U.S. Department of Education database.
Geographically savvy readers will note that the dashboard continues to list "England" as one of the largest donor countries ...
Geographically savvy readers will note that the dashboard continues to list "England" as one of the largest donor countries ...
February 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Harvard got the most foreign funds from entities in "countries of concern" like China, according to updates to a U.S. Department of Education database.
Geographically savvy readers will note that the dashboard continues to list "England" as one of the largest donor countries ...
Geographically savvy readers will note that the dashboard continues to list "England" as one of the largest donor countries ...
Social-media vetting by the State Department can lead international students to self-censor out of fear, a foreign student writes. “Free speech risks becoming a right defined not by principle but by immigration status.” www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
3 Big Questions
What I’ll be looking for when international-education leaders meet.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Social-media vetting by the State Department can lead international students to self-censor out of fear, a foreign student writes. “Free speech risks becoming a right defined not by principle but by immigration status.” www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Half of all undocumented graduates of American high schools could be affected by efforts, some successful, to rescind policies that allow such students to qualify for lower in-state tuition rates
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February 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Half of all undocumented graduates of American high schools could be affected by efforts, some successful, to rescind policies that allow such students to qualify for lower in-state tuition rates
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A federal-court judge’s sanctions blocking the Trump administration from deporting pro-Palestinian campus protesters wrap up a landmark case, but they’re unlikely to mark the end of a crackdown on student- and scholar-visa holders www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
A Landmark but Limited Decision
The Trump administration must prove it’s not retaliating against foreign students and scholars, a judge says.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:20 PM
A federal-court judge’s sanctions blocking the Trump administration from deporting pro-Palestinian campus protesters wrap up a landmark case, but they’re unlikely to mark the end of a crackdown on student- and scholar-visa holders www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Reposted by Karin Fischer
The deaths of two protesters and weeks of tension over immigration raids in Minnesota are a case study of how colleges are handling close-to-home political events in an era of institutional neutrality.
The University of Minnesota released a statement after Alex Pretti, an alumnus, was shot and killed by immigration agents during protests. No one was pleased with it. www.chronicle.com/article/afte...
After a Tragedy, Minnesota’s Flagship Faces Another Test
The university must decide how to respond to local political events in an era of institutional neutrality.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The deaths of two protesters and weeks of tension over immigration raids in Minnesota are a case study of how colleges are handling close-to-home political events in an era of institutional neutrality.
The deaths of two protesters and weeks of tension over immigration raids in Minnesota are a case study of how colleges are handling close-to-home political events in an era of institutional neutrality.
The University of Minnesota released a statement after Alex Pretti, an alumnus, was shot and killed by immigration agents during protests. No one was pleased with it. www.chronicle.com/article/afte...
After a Tragedy, Minnesota’s Flagship Faces Another Test
The university must decide how to respond to local political events in an era of institutional neutrality.
www.chronicle.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The deaths of two protesters and weeks of tension over immigration raids in Minnesota are a case study of how colleges are handling close-to-home political events in an era of institutional neutrality.
The University of Minnesota released a statement after Alex Pretti, an alumnus, was shot and killed by immigration agents during protests. No one was pleased with it. www.chronicle.com/article/afte...
After a Tragedy, Minnesota’s Flagship Faces Another Test
The university must decide how to respond to local political events in an era of institutional neutrality.
www.chronicle.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
The University of Minnesota released a statement after Alex Pretti, an alumnus, was shot and killed by immigration agents during protests. No one was pleased with it. www.chronicle.com/article/afte...
A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from deporting international students and scholars over First Amendment speech. But the remedy will only apply to the members of the academic associations that brought the case, the AAUP and MESA storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judgment – #313 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. ANNOTATED JUDGMENT (KB) (Entered: 01/22/2026)
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January 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from deporting international students and scholars over First Amendment speech. But the remedy will only apply to the members of the academic associations that brought the case, the AAUP and MESA storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Eight in 10 international students said that they would be unsure about or unwilling to come to the United States if the opportunity to stay and work after graduate is unavailable.
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Latitudes: OPT’s Shadow
Concerns about the future of a work program for foreign graduates is affecting prospective students’ interest in the U.S.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Eight in 10 international students said that they would be unsure about or unwilling to come to the United States if the opportunity to stay and work after graduate is unavailable.
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Reposted by Karin Fischer
Can college football change Americans’ minds about higher ed? Bowl-game TV ads used to woo students and donors. Now they try to sell the public on the sector’s research prowess and community service.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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The Game Is On — and Colleges Are Making Their Pitch
Bowl-game TV ads were once all about rah-rah recruitment. Now they’re fighting to convey higher ed’s value to a restive public.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Can college football change Americans’ minds about higher ed? Bowl-game TV ads used to woo students and donors. Now they try to sell the public on the sector’s research prowess and community service.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Can college football change Americans’ minds about higher ed? Bowl-game TV ads used to woo students and donors. Now they try to sell the public on the sector’s research prowess and community service.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The Game Is On — and Colleges Are Making Their Pitch
Bowl-game TV ads were once all about rah-rah recruitment. Now they’re fighting to convey higher ed’s value to a restive public.
www.chronicle.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Can college football change Americans’ minds about higher ed? Bowl-game TV ads used to woo students and donors. Now they try to sell the public on the sector’s research prowess and community service.
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
American colleges have received nearly $6.6 billion in contracts and gifts from this country. It might not be the one you’re thinking of. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Latitudes: Following the (Foreign) Money
A new public database tracks gifts and contracts from overseas. Plus, readers sound off on online classes in study-abroad programs.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
American colleges have received nearly $6.6 billion in contracts and gifts from this country. It might not be the one you’re thinking of. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
The share of Americans who study overseas has remained stubbornly low for decades. Is allowing students to take online courses that answer to study abroad’s accessibility problem? www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Latitudes: Studying Abroad ... Online?
An idea to get more students overseas, ‘open debate’ training for foreign students, and more news for the new year.
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January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The share of Americans who study overseas has remained stubbornly low for decades. Is allowing students to take online courses that answer to study abroad’s accessibility problem? www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Reposted by Karin Fischer
We typically thing of populist attacks on higher ed as a right-wing phenomena (e.g. Turkey, Hungary and the US), but this piece is also good and showing how Amlo's left-wing populist government in Mexico operated in much the same manner. doi.org/10.1017/S153...
December 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
We typically thing of populist attacks on higher ed as a right-wing phenomena (e.g. Turkey, Hungary and the US), but this piece is also good and showing how Amlo's left-wing populist government in Mexico operated in much the same manner. doi.org/10.1017/S153...
News of campus gun violence, like the shooting at Brown, can reinforce perceptions among foreign students and families that the U.S. is a dangerous place. When it comes to safety, the U.S. consistently trails other major destination countries in surveys www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
How Campus Shootings Resonate Abroad
Could foreign enrollments be a casualty of America’s gun violence? Plus, widespread anxiety over visa rules.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
News of campus gun violence, like the shooting at Brown, can reinforce perceptions among foreign students and families that the U.S. is a dangerous place. When it comes to safety, the U.S. consistently trails other major destination countries in surveys www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
NEWS: The White House has released an expanded travel ban. Notably, the partial travel restrictions on several countries include student visas — including Nigeria, which is among the top 10 sending countries to U.S. colleges www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States
During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of certain foreign nationals into the United States to prevent national security and public Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where ...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
NEWS: The White House has released an expanded travel ban. Notably, the partial travel restrictions on several countries include student visas — including Nigeria, which is among the top 10 sending countries to U.S. colleges www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Federal cuts have disrupted academic research agendas and hurt Ph.D. enrollments. Another potential casualty: the web of businesses that undergird academic science. For @chronicle.com a look at companies that are the architecture that supports American research www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Trump Cut Funding to Higher Ed. Other Businesses Are Feeling the Pain.
His effort to punish universities could have a billion-dollar ripple effect.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Federal cuts have disrupted academic research agendas and hurt Ph.D. enrollments. Another potential casualty: the web of businesses that undergird academic science. For @chronicle.com a look at companies that are the architecture that supports American research www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Federal cuts have disrupted academic research agendas and hurt Ph.D. enrollments. Another potential casualty: the web of businesses that undergird academic science. For @chronicle.com a look at companies that are the architecture that supports American research www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Trump Cut Funding to Higher Ed. Other Businesses Are Feeling the Pain.
His effort to punish universities could have a billion-dollar ripple effect.
www.chronicle.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Federal cuts have disrupted academic research agendas and hurt Ph.D. enrollments. Another potential casualty: the web of businesses that undergird academic science. For @chronicle.com a look at companies that are the architecture that supports American research www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Trump administration policies, including visa delays and social-media vetting, have dented international enrollments. Now one university may be moving to enact its own ban on students from China, Iran, and other “adversarial’ countries www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Could Wary Colleges Pre-emptively Ban Foreign Students?
Purdue has reportedly told professors not to admit graduate students from China.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Trump administration policies, including visa delays and social-media vetting, have dented international enrollments. Now one university may be moving to enact its own ban on students from China, Iran, and other “adversarial’ countries www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Indian students pursuing master's degrees have been the post-pandemic engine of international-enrollment growth for U.S. colleges. But there's an ongoing challenge to recruiting these price-conscious students: an American degree is far more expensive
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Indian students pursuing master's degrees have been the post-pandemic engine of international-enrollment growth for U.S. colleges. But there's an ongoing challenge to recruiting these price-conscious students: an American degree is far more expensive
Anxiety is high about the potentially deleterious effects of American-government policy on international enrollments. But there’s a sleeper issue that should keep U.S. college officials up at night: cost www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
American Education’s Price-Tag Problem
Foreign students can take years more to pay off an U.S. degree than for studies in less costly countries.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Anxiety is high about the potentially deleterious effects of American-government policy on international enrollments. But there’s a sleeper issue that should keep U.S. college officials up at night: cost www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Northwestern University is the latest college to agree to review its international-admission policies as part of a deal with the Trump administration to restore federal research funding www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
Tracking Trump’s Higher-Ed Deals
Colleges are reaching settlements with the government to restore research funding. Here’s everything you need to know.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Northwestern University is the latest college to agree to review its international-admission policies as part of a deal with the Trump administration to restore federal research funding www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
The U.S. Department of Education has set up a new portal for colleges to report gifts and contracts from foreign sources, an effort, the department said, to improve transparency. The new site will go live on January 2. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
U.S. Department of Education Announces New and Improved Portal for Universities to Report Foreign Funding
Today, the U.S. Department of Education notified institutions of higher education of a new foreign funding reporting portal, set to launch on January 2, 2026.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The U.S. Department of Education has set up a new portal for colleges to report gifts and contracts from foreign sources, an effort, the department said, to improve transparency. The new site will go live on January 2. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
Asia and the Middle East are home to the largest number of international branch campuses, with China leading the way. The 50 outposts it hosts include high-profile names like NYU and Duke, as well as others that have flown under the radar. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
December 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Asia and the Middle East are home to the largest number of international branch campuses, with China leading the way. The 50 outposts it hosts include high-profile names like NYU and Duke, as well as others that have flown under the radar. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Despite rising geopolitical tensions and increased nationalism, the U.S. has more satellite campuses around the world than any other country. Where the most campuses are may surprise you. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Higher Education’s Global Outposts
The United States may be looking inward, but colleges are still setting up campuses abroad.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Despite rising geopolitical tensions and increased nationalism, the U.S. has more satellite campuses around the world than any other country. Where the most campuses are may surprise you. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...