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University students across the globe protest the Israel-Hamas war

April 30, 2024Israel-Hamas war

Pro-Palestinian protests at universities in the US are showing no signs of slowing down. But they aren’t limited to the United States. At The University of Sydney, in Sydney, Australia, students have set up a temporary encampment modeled on US ones. And students at other universities around the world are following suit.

Fewer international students coming to US for grad school in science and engineering

January 18, 2018Jobs

How can a ‘sanctuary school’ protect its DACA students?

September 8, 2017Justice

How Trump’s rhetoric could cost colleges billions in lost tuition revenue

February 22, 2017Global Politics

Weighing the risks of a ‘sanctuary’ campus

February 16, 2017Education

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Niki Rahmati, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from Iran, is greeted by immigration attorney Susan Church (R) at Logan Airport in Boston, MA.

The number of international students coming to the US has steadily risen. Will Trump reverse the trend?

January 30, 2017Conflict

Last year, 17,354 international students arrived in the US from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, with dreams of higher education. What will happen this year?

Black and white photo of man at table, with books

How a Lebanese immigrant helped pave the way for the study of Islam and Muslim culture in the US

December 5, 2016Education

It wasn’t so long ago when US colleges and universities dismissed Islam as a serious subject of study. A broken arm set off the chain of events that sent Philip Khuri Hitti from Lebanon to Princeton, where he created the first program in Near Eastern Studies in the US.

When economics professor Xia Yeliang faced the prospect of losing his job at Peking University, faculty at Wellesley College in Massachusetts wrote an open letter of support for Xia.

This is how Wellesley College got caught up in Chinese politics

February 18, 2014Development & Education

When a Chinese economics professor at Peking University complained about being blackballed for political reasons, faculty at his partner institution, Wellesley College, tried to offer their support in an open letter. What happened is a lesson on the limits of US influence in China.

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