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Newsletter Archive
Dec. 10, 2025
Purdue has reportedly told professors not to admit graduate students from China.
Dec. 3, 2025
Foreign students can take years more to pay off a U.S. degree than for studies in less costly countries.
Nov. 26, 2025
Most global outposts of U.S. institutions are in China. But India could soon surge ahead.
Nov. 19, 2025
Also, the State Department takes over Fulbright-Hays and other international-ed programs, and more from the “Open Doors” report.
Nov. 12, 2025
The president has sounded a similar note before. Still, his rhetoric is at odds with many of his administration’s policy decisions.
Nov. 5, 2025
Could the political assault on higher education by the Trump administration be replicated in other countries?
Oct. 29, 2025
Also, Chinese students didn’t crowd out Americans, and what the public says about caps on foreign students.
Oct. 22, 2025
Plus, learning a language while studying abroad? Mais non!
Oct. 15, 2025
This time, the Education Department is eliminating funding for foreign languages, area studies, and global-business education.
Oct. 8, 2025
Trying to nail down this fall’s new-student numbers. Plus, study abroad’s effect on salaries.
