Karin Fischer
@karinfischer.bsky.social
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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...
OPT, the work program for recent foreign grads of U.S. colleges, has grown so much over the past decade that it can obscure year-to-year shifts in international enrollments.
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
OPT, the work program for recent foreign grads of U.S. colleges, has grown so much over the past decade that it can obscure year-to-year shifts in international enrollments.
After two years in a row of declines in new international students, the post-Covid enrollment boom looks, in hindsight, like a bubble. An unfriendly political climate contributed to an estimated 17-percent drop in new enrollments in the U.S. this fall www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
A Foreign-Enrollment Downturn Isn’t Coming. It’s Already Here.
Also, the State Dept. takes over Fulbright-Hays and other international-ed programs, and more from the “Open Doors” report.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
After two years in a row of declines in new international students, the post-Covid enrollment boom looks, in hindsight, like a bubble. An unfriendly political climate contributed to an estimated 17-percent drop in new enrollments in the U.S. this fall www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
The U.S. Department of State will take over administration of the Fulbright-Hays program and other international-education and foreign-language programming being spun off from the Department of Education in a sweeping restructuring. www.state.gov/releases/off...
State Department to Lead Additional International Education Programs Under New Interagency Partnership - United States Department of State
The U.S. Department of State today announced that, under a new interagency partnership, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) will lead several programs previously managed by the Depart...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The U.S. Department of State will take over administration of the Fulbright-Hays program and other international-education and foreign-language programming being spun off from the Department of Education in a sweeping restructuring. www.state.gov/releases/off...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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New international enrollments dropped 7 percent LAST fall. Don’t dismiss the adverse effects of Trump administration policies like visa revocations or a foreign-student cap. But they’re compounding existing challenges, not the sole cause. www.chronicle.com/article/inte...
International Students Were Already Shunning U.S. Colleges Before Trump, New Data Show
Waning interest in master’s and professional programs precipitated a 7-percent drop in foreign enrollment last fall. Preliminary figures this year suggest things will get worse.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New international enrollments dropped 7 percent LAST fall. Don’t dismiss the adverse effects of Trump administration policies like visa revocations or a foreign-student cap. But they’re compounding existing challenges, not the sole cause. www.chronicle.com/article/inte...
Is President Trump a @chronicle.com reader? 🤔
From Aug 4: "Arguments that emphasize the economic impact of foreign students ... would appear tailor-made for the country’s businessman-in-chief."
Trump on Fox, Nov 10: "We take in trillions of dollars from students ... I view it as a business."
From Aug 4: "Arguments that emphasize the economic impact of foreign students ... would appear tailor-made for the country’s businessman-in-chief."
Trump on Fox, Nov 10: "We take in trillions of dollars from students ... I view it as a business."
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Is President Trump a @chronicle.com reader? 🤔
From Aug 4: "Arguments that emphasize the economic impact of foreign students ... would appear tailor-made for the country’s businessman-in-chief."
Trump on Fox, Nov 10: "We take in trillions of dollars from students ... I view it as a business."
From Aug 4: "Arguments that emphasize the economic impact of foreign students ... would appear tailor-made for the country’s businessman-in-chief."
Trump on Fox, Nov 10: "We take in trillions of dollars from students ... I view it as a business."
President Donald J. Trump, booster of international students?! “I actually think it’s good to have outside countries. I want to be able to get along with the world.” www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Donald Trump, International-Student Advocate?
Enrolling more foreign students is good business, the president said.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
President Donald J. Trump, booster of international students?! “I actually think it’s good to have outside countries. I want to be able to get along with the world.” www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Is #AI coming to international admissions — or is it already here? A recent survey by found a big jump in the usage of ChatGPT or other forms of artificial intelligence among prospective foreign students who use it to decide both where and what to study.
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Is #AI coming to international admissions — or is it already here? A recent survey by found a big jump in the usage of ChatGPT or other forms of artificial intelligence among prospective foreign students who use it to decide both where and what to study.
College leaders in other countries are anxiously watching as the Trump administration puts pressure on American institutions. Their concern: Are we next? “How long willit be before that storm hits us,” said a former university president. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Watching the U.S., Colleges Overseas Wonder if They’re Next
Could the political assault on higher education by the Trump administration be replicated in other countries?
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November 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
College leaders in other countries are anxiously watching as the Trump administration puts pressure on American institutions. Their concern: Are we next? “How long willit be before that storm hits us,” said a former university president. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
*I will not pull out my hair everytime I see one of these un-nuanced analyses. Because then I would be bald.
I may pull my hair out of if I see one more news outlet report on a decline in the number of international students coming to the U.S. and equate it to the number of new students: www.nytimes.com/video/upshot.... It's only PART of the picture, as I spell out here. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
*I will not pull out my hair everytime I see one of these un-nuanced analyses. Because then I would be bald.
I may pull my hair out of if I see one more news outlet report on a decline in the number of international students coming to the U.S. and equate it to the number of new students: www.nytimes.com/video/upshot.... It's only PART of the picture, as I spell out here. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I may pull my hair out of if I see one more news outlet report on a decline in the number of international students coming to the U.S. and equate it to the number of new students: www.nytimes.com/video/upshot.... It's only PART of the picture, as I spell out here. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
A popular work program for recent international graduates of American colleges may be pulled into the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Are Postgraduate-Work Programs the Next Target in Immigration Policy?
Also, Chinese students didn’t crowd out Americans, and what the public says about caps on foreign students.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A popular work program for recent international graduates of American colleges may be pulled into the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Study abroad improves communication skills but perhaps not the ones you’d think: in a survey of alumni, 85 percent said they picked up “communication and interpersonal skills” while 59 percent said they gained foreign-language skills.
October 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Study abroad improves communication skills but perhaps not the ones you’d think: in a survey of alumni, 85 percent said they picked up “communication and interpersonal skills” while 59 percent said they gained foreign-language skills.
I set out to report a straightforward article about the consequences of disruption in student-visa issuances this summer on international-student enrollments this fall and into the future. It was anything but. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Why Reporting on Foreign Students Has Gotten So Tough
Plus, learning a language while studying abroad? Mais non!
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October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I set out to report a straightforward article about the consequences of disruption in student-visa issuances this summer on international-student enrollments this fall and into the future. It was anything but. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Student-visa holders and others who switch their legal status within the United States won’t have to pay a new $100,000 fee on skilled-worker visas. www.uscis.gov/working-in-t...
H-1B Specialty Occupations | USCIS
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October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Student-visa holders and others who switch their legal status within the United States won’t have to pay a new $100,000 fee on skilled-worker visas. www.uscis.gov/working-in-t...
International students fill college classrooms, staff research labs, and enrich campus culture. What would it mean for a university if they are gone?
My latest on what's at stake if international enrollments tumble: www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
My latest on what's at stake if international enrollments tumble: www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
This Year’s Drop in International Students Portends Worse. Here’s What That Would Cost.
The stakes are high. But the extraordinary politicization of foreign students — and of higher education, in general — has made colleges reluctant to talk about the consequences.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
International students fill college classrooms, staff research labs, and enrich campus culture. What would it mean for a university if they are gone?
My latest on what's at stake if international enrollments tumble: www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
My latest on what's at stake if international enrollments tumble: www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The Department of Education's recent program cuts to critical and less commonly taught languages, area studies, and global business education, is raising questions about the future of federal support for international education under the current president www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Another Round of Retroactive Cuts Hits International Education
This time, the Education Department is eliminating funding for foreign languages, area studies, and global-business education.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Department of Education's recent program cuts to critical and less commonly taught languages, area studies, and global business education, is raising questions about the future of federal support for international education under the current president www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Data on international students this fall is trickling out. But rather than providing clarity about the impact of visa delays and travel restrictions on enrollments, the figures paint a confusing and sometimes contradictory picture. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
The International-Enrollment Picture Remains Hazy. Why?
Trying to nail down this fall’s new-student numbers. Plus, study abroad’s effect on salaries.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Data on international students this fall is trickling out. But rather than providing clarity about the impact of visa delays and travel restrictions on enrollments, the figures paint a confusing and sometimes contradictory picture. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
A union representing 40,000 higher-education workers said that the Trump administration has made international students and scholars at Harvard University “collateral damage” in its effort to the revoke the university’s academic-visa certification. www.courtlistener.com/docket/70684...
Amicus Curiae Brief (FRAP 29) – #00108349070 in President and Fellows of Harvard College v. United States Department of Homeland Security (1st Cir., 25-1627) – CourtListener.com
AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF tendered by United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). [25-1627] (DME)
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October 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A union representing 40,000 higher-education workers said that the Trump administration has made international students and scholars at Harvard University “collateral damage” in its effort to the revoke the university’s academic-visa certification. www.courtlistener.com/docket/70684...
Reposted by Karin Fischer
NEW: The Trump administration has given colleges a list of precepts about how they should operate to get a leg up in funding. My @chronicle.com colleagues and I broke down what's in the new compact, including its impact on international students
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The White House’s New ‘Compact’ Would Offer Universities an Edge in Grant Funding. What’s In It?
We’ve seen what the Trump administration’s stick looks like. Let’s look at its carrot.
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October 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has given colleges a list of precepts about how they should operate to get a leg up in funding. My @chronicle.com colleagues and I broke down what's in the new compact, including its impact on international students
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
NEW: The Trump administration has given colleges a list of precepts about how they should operate to get a leg up in funding. My @chronicle.com colleagues and I broke down what's in the new compact, including its impact on international students
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The White House’s New ‘Compact’ Would Offer Universities an Edge in Grant Funding. What’s In It?
We’ve seen what the Trump administration’s stick looks like. Let’s look at its carrot.
www.chronicle.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has given colleges a list of precepts about how they should operate to get a leg up in funding. My @chronicle.com colleagues and I broke down what's in the new compact, including its impact on international students
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The Trump administration is asking colleges to sign an educational "compact" that would include a 15-percent cap on international undergraduates. www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
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October 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Trump administration is asking colleges to sign an educational "compact" that would include a 15-percent cap on international undergraduates. www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
A judge found that international students and other noncitizens “unequivocally” have the same First Amendment rights as Americans. But will his fiery rebuke of federal officials alleviate the chilling effect of the detention of protesters on visa holders? www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
A Federal Judge Has Ruled That Foreign Students and Scholars Have Free-Speech Rights
The decision calls threats to deport pro-Palestinian activists a “truly scandalous and unconstitutional suppression of free speech.”
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October 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A judge found that international students and other noncitizens “unequivocally” have the same First Amendment rights as Americans. But will his fiery rebuke of federal officials alleviate the chilling effect of the detention of protesters on visa holders? www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
NEWS: In a case he called “perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court," a federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's efforts to deport pro-Palestinian protesters violates the First Amendment www.chronicle.com/article/stud...
September 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
NEWS: In a case he called “perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court," a federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's efforts to deport pro-Palestinian protesters violates the First Amendment www.chronicle.com/article/stud...