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Universities stand to lose big bucks as international students quit the US

May 13, 2025The World's Global Classroom

International students — and the big tuition checks they bring — are a key ingredient in the American college business model. But just as US colleges face a shrinking pool of domestic college-aged students, international students are feeling less welcome here. From the Higher Education desk at GBH in Boston, Kirk Carapezza reports that the shift could have major consequences for colleges – and the US economy.

‘I live very cautiously:’ International students in the US fear deportation

April 28, 2025The World's Global Classroom

In Canada, university and college officials hope for an end to upheaval for international students

December 18, 2024The World's Global Classroom

College leaders and international students brace for Trump administration

December 12, 2024The World's Global Classroom

For this Ghanaian American headed to Stanford, supporting her community — even from afar — is her top priority

November 27, 2024The World's Global Classroom

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Despite new campus rules, Columbia University students vow to continue protests against Gaza war

November 13, 2024The World's Global Classroom

Classes have resumed at Columbia University amid new restrictions following last year’s protests and encampments against the war in Gaza. Yasmeen Altaji, a May graduate of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism and now a freelance journalist, dedicated her final semester to documenting those protests. Altaji brings the story of one student who is resolved to continue her fight against the war despite new rules limiting protest.

To prepare for college in the US, some South Korean students receive an international education close to home

June 13, 2024The World's Global Classroom

To many South Koreans, a degree from a prestigious American university is seen as a ticket to success. And for some students, there’s an alternate educational system and industry focused on getting them into the school of their dreams.

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