Karin Fischer
International Reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education
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2 weeks ago |
d3playbook.com | Karin Fischer |Steve Ulrich
MAY 30, 2025 | composed by STEVE ULRICH What administrators, coaches, parents and fans are reading. #whyD3 Send tips to and/or via DM ☀️ LFG, DIII. It’s the weekend. 🥎 Softball. Three shutouts in four games on opening day of the NCAA DIII championship. Virginia Wesleyan blanked Randolph-Macon, 8-0, while Rowan shut out Texas Lutheran, 5-0. Trine whitewashed Redlands, 8-0, and Linfield defeated Saint Mary’s MN, 11-3. 📰 Are You Enjoying D3Playbook? Support our work with a subscription.
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2 weeks ago |
chronicle.com | Karin Fischer
The opening session of the world’s largest international-education conference had just begun on Tuesday morning when across the San Diego convention-center hall, Slack messages began to ping and alarmed emails thudded into inboxes.
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2 weeks ago |
chronicle.com | Karin Fischer
Action could create “chaos” in student-visa systemThe U.S. Department of State is suspending the scheduling of new student-visa appointments, potentially grinding approvals to a halt at the peak of summer visa-application season for students around the world. The news comes on the heels of the Trump administration’s unprecedented attempt to revoke Harvard University’s certification to enroll foreign students, further roiling an already-unsettled environment for international education.
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3 weeks ago |
chronicle.com | Karin Fischer
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has terminated Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, ratcheting up the conflict between the Trump administration and the institution. And the department suggested that other colleges could be next if they did not follow the administration’s agenda.
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3 weeks ago |
chronicle.com | Karin Fischer
Latest scrutiny of foreign students focuses on OPTThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security is threatening a fresh round of deportations of international students, this time aimed at visa holders who are late in reporting their employment on optional practical training, the postgraduate work program.
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Iran sends thousands of students to study in the United States. Blanket U.S. border restrictions on citizens from Iran and 11 other coutnries could halt that flow. https://t.co/6Qw9woekbR
RT @ZachSchermele: “I think there is such merit in having international students be a part of our university populations,” Education Secret…
International students are simultaneously in the crosshairs of two of the most contentious and virulent issues of the Trump presidency, opposition to immigration and its fight to force higher education to bend to the government’s agenda. https://t.co/0w141I0Vzr