New international graduate enrollment data shows a positive trend. But education agents in China warn of the coronavirus’ impact on students.
Karin Fischer
A freelance journalist and expert on global issues in higher ed, Karin has been writing for more than a decade about the changing relationship between American colleges and the world.
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Students in China Find Community During Coronavirus Quarantines
Researchers argue that coronavirus could be the biggest crisis to hit international education, and students in China share what it’s like in the eye of an epidemic.
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How American Colleges Are Responding to Coronavirus
From a prominent researcher’s arrest to a revised travel ban, it was a big week in international education.
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How China’s Government Can Suppress Student Speech Abroad
What does China’s arrest of a student for what he posted while in the U.S. say about the government’s reach on American campuses?
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The Visa System’s Accreditation Problem
Should an accrediting agency take part in a student-visa sting?
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Are Decades of Progress in Sino-American Higher-ed Relations in Jeopardy?
A trip to China prompts thoughts of whether we’re going backwards.
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How To Measure a University’s Global Impact
To make progress internationally, you have to track what you’re doing.
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The Future for Private Recruiters of International Students
The enrollment boom is over. What will that mean for all the business that’s grown up around these students?
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What Should We Take Away from the Case of a Phony College?
Why the case of the University of Farmington isn’t really a critique of the student-visa system