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International Students Elevate Higher Education

As an international scholar and a woman of color who worked in a higher education context and in a predominantly White university for eight years, I had my share of experiences with racial microaggressions. Microaggressions in this sense were comments that are based on stereotyping and clichés about my country of origin, my religion, and an ignorance that could be linked to White superiority and lack of desire to learn about other cultural and international groups.

Institutions Rethink International Recruitment as COVID-19, Political Climate Complicate Process

Due to the limits on in-person interactions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, graduate schools have transformed their recruitment strategies, especially for international students.

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John A. Logan College Cancels Diversity Events, Citing Fear of Trump’s Recent Executive Order

John A. Logan College canceled all planned diversity activities last week, citing concerns that the school could lose federal funding if it violates President Donald Trump’s Sept. 22 executive order, which prohibits workforce diversity trainings that are “offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating,” FOX 28 reported. According to college officials, they “will […]

ETS Creates New Investment Unit to Grow Business

Educational Testing Service (ETS), a nonprofit educational assessment and measurement organization, announced the formation of ETS Strategic Capital, a new unit focused on growing the business “through strategic equity investments, growth partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions,” according to an ETS press release. ETS Strategic Capital “is actively seeking transactions to establish a global portfolio of […]

Report Highlights Role International Students Can Play in Growing US Economy

Next100, a startup think tank of The Century Foundation that is focused on developing policies that promote diversity, inclusion and equity, has published a proposal from Next100 policy entrepreneur Taif Jany titled, “Keeping Talent in America.” In the report, Jany notes that as the U.S. economy tries to recover from COVID-19, there needs to be a long-term strategy for economic growth and workforce development which includes offering a pathway to permanent residency for international students.

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Taking a Holistic Approach to College Admissions

If traditional standardized tests are not an objective measure of academic potential, admissions officers must seek other measures. But beyond transcripts, recommendations, and essays, how can they consider a student from another country and evaluate whether they would be a good fit for a particular campus?

Seminar Aims to Diversify the U.S. Department of State

The Cox-State Department Diplomacy Seminar, a program by the Una Chapman Cox Foundation, is designed to expose underrepresented students to potential careers with the U.S. Department of State.

International Conference Explores Religious Diversity in Higher Education

When we talk about diversity, equity and inclusion on campus, religion isn’t always a part of the conversation. But with its inaugural international conference, Convergence, a nonprofit focused on campus religious diversity, worked to change that.

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Number of Black, Asian or Minority College Leaders in England Falls to About a Dozen

The percentage of Black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) principals in charge of higher education institutions in England has dropped from 13% in 2017 to 5% or 6% of the nation’s 239 further education (FE) colleges currently, reports The Guardian. Meanwhile, the number of BAME students has risen to 30% of the country’s higher education […]

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Supporting International Students in Time of Coronavirus: Looking Beyond Immigration Concerns

The higher education community went into a collective uproar following the ICE guidelines that would have deported international students whose universities go to an entirely online format. Many on social media and in news outlets were writing about the topic. Colleges and universities joined a collective lawsuit against the federal government. And it looked like the pressure worked – the guidelines were rescinded.

International Diverse Universities in the Midst of a Global Pandemic

When we began our Ford Foundation grant, “Women and University Leadership in Post-Conflict and Transitional Societies” in 2015, we could not envision addressing the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic, particularly on universities and women leaders. Nor would we have anticipated reading about a Kenyan woman who wept, while she boiled rocks for her children, […]

Beverly Lindsay, for St. Mary’s College in San Antonio, TX. Photographed at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. [photo copyright Matthew Rakola]

ICE: Foreign Students At Schools Switching Fully Online Must Leave US

On Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that international students whose institutions are switching to online-only courses this fall semester must leave the country; otherwise, they risk violating their student visa status, The Hill reported. Previously, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) — or the ICE-directed organization that determines student visa rules — […]

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