universities

University students across the globe protest the Israel-Hamas war 

Israel-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. 

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

Jobs
DACA protests

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

Justice
Willis Wang

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

Global Politics
Emory

Weighing the risks of a ‘sanctuary’ campus

Education
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?

Conflict

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?

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

Education

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

Development & 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.