Topic: international students

ICE issues new guidance on new international students, online courses

July 27, 2020, Spencer Irvine

Almost two weeks after rescinding a rule on all international students and online courses, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a new guidance on whether newly-enrolled international students can take online courses without…

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Agency backtracks on international students and online learning rule

July 17, 2020, Spencer Irvine

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) withdrew its international student policy after a little over a week, when several higher education institutions filed lawsuits against the rule. According to Inside Higher Ed, the rule required…

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Is there a ‘Trump Effect’ that Increased Canadian International Student Enrollments?

March 22, 2017, Spencer Irvine

Inside Higher Ed reported how Canadian universities and colleges are experiencing a surge and spike in applications to their higher education institutions, with some staffers claiming that it is due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s…

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Survey: 4 in 10 Universities see Drop in International Student Enrollment

March 15, 2017, Spencer Irvine

Students from the Middle East and India blamed the ‘travel ban’ from the Trump administration as a deterrent to applying to American colleges and universities. But, the survey also noted that potential students cite the…

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Massachusetts College will Offer Full Scholarship to Refugee Student

February 7, 2017, Spencer Irvine

The liberal, Massachusetts-based Wheaton College (not to be confused with the Christian college by the same name in Illinois) is championing refugees. This from The College Fix: In the latest example of academia thumbing its nose…

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