Latitudes

Colleges have to extend education beyond the classroom to teach international students about race.

An executive order spared OPT, but there are still reasons for international students to be concerned.

What the Supreme Court’s decision about DACA could tell us about the optional practical training program.

International students play an important role in public-college finances, so why do state leaders seem absent from the debate about their future?

The death of George Floyd and the protests that followed have evoked many responses from international students — hope and disillusionment and even fear.

Initial reports were that U.S. would “expel” certain Chinese graduate students. Government hasn’t gone that far.

The clock could be ticking on OPT. What we know, and what we wish we did.

If most current international students are still in the U.S., travel restrictions and other barriers won’t keep them from making it to campus in the fall.

GOP senators want a halt to OPT. The president seems to be thinking about it. Plus, new research links visa-refusal rates to international enrollment declines.

When college leaders push for a return to in-person class this fall, the value of the campus environment is central to their argument.