International education

A group of young students are shown wearing face masks and back packs as they wait in liine.

Discussion: A pandemic and schools disrupted

January 11, 2021Coronavirus Conversations

The coronavirus pandemic has forced school systems around the world to piece together a patchwork of in-person, remote and hybrid learning programs. What’s the latest science on children and COVID-19? The World’s Elana Gordon moderated a discussion with Harvard education expert Meira Levinson, and epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch.

Colleges brace for steep drop in international enrollment this fall

June 24, 2020Education

Students from Pakistan brought to the US under the Fulbright Program for Non-US Students.

Foreign students in the US provide a social — and financial — boost at American colleges

November 17, 2014Education

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