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Report: Feds Plan to Step Up Vetting for Student Visas

Embassies pause student visa interviews to prepare for increased scrutiny of social media

(Newser) - The Trump administration is considering mandatory social media checks for all foreign students applying to study in the US. A cable obtained by Politico directs US embassies and consulates to halt scheduling new visa interviews for students until further notice to prepare for stepped-up vetting. The order, signed by...

More Than Half of This College's Students Are Foreign

Per NYT , 51% of Illinois Tech's undergrads, grad students are international

(Newser) - As the battle plays out between the Trump administration and Harvard over the latter's roster of international students, there are other colleges and universities that might also be at risk of losing a hefty chunk of its student roster if the White House goes after them, too. Using data...

White House Does a 180 on Student Visas, Kind Of

DOJ will restore profiles in database, for now, of foreigners studying in US who had visas revoked

(Newser) - Lawsuits have been flying and judicial restraining orders have been issued following the revocation earlier this month of the visas of thousands of international college students in the United States, abruptly eliminating their legal immigration status here. Now, the Trump administration has somewhat reversed course on that move: In federal...

Hundreds of International Student Visas Abruptly Revoked

Students shocked by unexpected revocations allege unjust visa terminations

(Newser) - Hundreds of international students in the US have unexpectedly lost their legal immigration status since the start of the month, immigration attorneys tell the AP . At least 600 students across 90 colleges have been affected, but advocacy groups say the true number could be hundreds more. Students in several...

After 'Extraordinary Ultimatum,' Columbia Caves

Ivy League updates rules on protests, masks amid threats by Trump administration

(Newser) - Columbia University agreed Friday to put its Middle East studies department under new supervision and overhaul its rules for protests and student discipline, acquiescing to an extraordinary ultimatum by the Trump administration to implement those and other changes or risk losing billions of dollars in federal funding.
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Chancellor Fired Over Porn Sues to Get Back in Classroom

Adult videos that Joe Gow and his wife made led to his dismissal

(Newser) - Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow wants his tenured teaching back, and he's suing to that end. Gow was fired from his chancellorship in December 2023 after pornographic videos he had made with his wife came to light. The Board of Regents then unanimously voted in September...

Suit: Colleges Exploited Students of Divorce Seeking Financial Aid

Harvard, Yale among schools listed in antitrust complaint; College Board also named as defendant

(Newser) - A current Boston University student has teamed up with a Cornell alum to go after dozens of elite private universities that they say conspired to overcharge students, including by exploiting those who had divorced parents. Reuters reports that the proposed class-action lawsuit filed Monday in Illinois names 40 top schools—...

University in Philadelphia Abruptly Announces Closure

University of the Arts has roots almost 150 years old

(Newser) - The University of the Arts, an institution with roots almost a century and a half old in Philadelphia, has abruptly announced it will close this week, citing declining enrollment and revenues as well as increasing expenses. University President Kerry Walk and the chair of the board of trustees, Judson Aaron,...

Turned Off by the Ivy Leagues? Here Are the 'New Ivies'

'Forbes' recommends 20 other public, private colleges and universities

(Newser) - Ivy League schools are having a moment, and not in a good way, with everything from plagiarism to antisemitism accusations making headlines. That's led some to "sour" on the Ivies, per Forbes , which has put together a list of the "new Ivies"—"the 10 public...

Gay, Critics Concur: Harvard Hubbub Isn't Just About Her

In 'NYT' op-ed, Gay notes there's a 'broader war to unravel public faith in pillars of American society'

(Newser) - This week, Claudine Gay made the "wrenching but necessary decision" to step down as president of Harvard University, amid backlash on her testimony about antisemitism on campus, as well as accusations of plagiarism . But while she's lost her plum position as the head of an elite Ivy League...

Here Are the Best Colleges in America

WalletHub looks at everything from post-grad outcomes and campus experience to the cost factor

(Newser) - Deciding on where to attend college doesn't just come down to academic programs and prestige—it also depends on the cost, and whether students and their parents feel they're getting a decent bang for their buck. WalletHub analyzed more than 850 colleges and universities across the US to...

Taliban Just Banned Women From Universities

Afghanistan's education minister issues the decree

(Newser) - Women in Afghanistan can no longer attend college, according to a new decree from the Taliban government. The nation's education minister issued the order in a letter to all public and private universities, reports the AFP . “You all are informed to implement the mentioned order of suspending education...

Harvard Extends Big Pandemic Change for 4 More Years

Candidates won't be required to send in their SAT, ACT scores until at least 2026

(Newser) - It was a change brought about by the pandemic, and one that Harvard University now plans on continuing for at least four more years—and maybe even for good. The New York Times reports the Ivy League school has decided to go the test-optional route, not requiring SAT and ACT...

Limbs of College Students, Staff Turn Blue After Apparent Poisoning

Police are trying to figure out how 7 were sickened at Germany's Darmstadt Technical University

(Newser) - Students and staff at a German college had a quite unpleasant dining experience this week, and now local police suspect poisoning. Cops in the state of Hesse say seven students and employees took ill Monday on the Lichtwiese campus of Darmstadt Technical University, reports the Guardian . Police suspect that milk...

Colleges Face 'Existential Threat'
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Apr 23, 2020 12:10 PM CDT

Colleges Face 'Existential Threat'

Coronavirus is huge trouble for universities large and small

(Newser) - "The math is not pretty." That's the understated assessment of a Seton Hall expert to NPR on the financial toll the coronavirus is taking on colleges and universities across the nation. And the pain isn't expected to end anytime soon as students remain home and take...

Soros Drops $1B to 'Stop Drift Away From Democracy'
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Jan 25, 2020 5:15 PM CST

Philanthropist Makes $1B Promise

George Soros plans worldwide network of universities

(Newser) - George Soros made a big promise Thursday, and it's gonna cost him. The wealthy philanthropist announced he'll donate $1 billion toward liberal-arts education in a worldwide network of universities, the Guardian reports. It will be "the most important and enduring project of my life," he said...

Tenn. University Finds 'It's OK to Be White' Signs

Signs cover memorial for first African-American students at East Tennessee State University

(Newser) - East Tennessee State University is the latest college campus hit by a white supremacist campaign started by an internet group. "I am disgusted by this act," Brian Noland, university president, says in a statement cited by NBC News . That act: signs proclaiming "It's OK to be...

One State Tells Public Schools: You Must Offer Abortions

California tells public universities to offer medical abortions in student health centers

(Newser) - Coming to a California university near you: abortion pills. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday ensuring that public universities will provide medication abortions at student health centers on campus starting in 2023, the Hill reports. This after the state assembly voted 55-19 in September to pass Senate Bill 24...

FBI Warns Colleges About Chinese Students

US authorities worry about the wholesale theft of technology and trade secrets

(Newser) - As the US warned allies around the world that Chinese tech giant Huawei was a security threat, the FBI was making the same point quietly to a Midwestern university. In an email to the associate vice chancellor for research at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, an agent wanted to know if...

University to All Frats: Stop Everything. Now.

Ohio University issues suspension amid widespread allegations

(Newser) - Ohio University didn't just suspend one or two fraternities—it suspended all of them, Fox News reports. The university announced the move against 15 fraternities Thursday amid widespread claims of frat hazing. "These troubling allegations, which will be thoroughly investigated, indicate a potentially escalating systemic culture within our...

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