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A Colombian researcher at the University of Maryland who was on a student visa extension lost her job last summer and had to return home. Here she is hiking in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. (Photo courtesy of the researcher, who asked not to be identified)
Dec 9, 2025

Crackdown on international students continues with threats on F-1 visas

New F-1 visa rules and funding cuts force international students at Maryland universities, to leave, disrupting research and enrollment.

Students walk on the campus of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 2, 2025. (REUTERS/Jim Vondruska)
Oct 21, 2025

Fewer foreign students, fewer dollars: US colleges feel the pinch

Colleges, including Johns Hopkins University, have slashed spending, as Trump-era visa and education policies lead to disruptions.

Ryan Enos, a government professor at Harvard University, speaks at a protest against President Donald Trump's recent sanctions against Harvard in front of Science Center Plaza in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)
May 29, 2025

Federal judge extends order blocking Trump administration ban on foreign students at Harvard

A federal judge extended an order blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to bar Harvard University from enrolling foreign students.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on upon his arrival at the Quai d'Orsay, France's Minister of Foreign Affairs before a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot in Paris on April 17, 2025. (Julien de Rosa, Pool via AP)
May 28, 2025

US stops scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it expands social media vetting

The U.S. paused new visa interviews for international students amid plans to expand social media screening, risking delays for summer and fall enrollment.

24 universities plan to back Harvard in their legal battle.
May 22, 2025

Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students

The Trump administration revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school.

Students march at Arizona State University in protest of ASU's chapter of College Republicans United-led event encouraging students to report "their criminal classmates to ICE for deportations" in Tempe, Arizona, on Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Apr 30, 2025

US government expands grounds for canceling international students’ legal status

The federal government is expanding the reasons international students can be stripped of their legal status in the U.S.

Students march at Arizona State University in protest of ASU's chapter of College Republicans United-led event encouraging students to report "their criminal classmates to ICE for deportations" in Tempe, Arizona, on Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Apr 25, 2025

ICE reversing termination of legal status for international students, lawyer says

The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the U.S., a government lawyer said.

Mar 7, 2017

With STEM designation, Towson international students can work longer in US

International students in Towson University‘s Master of Science in marketing intelligence program wanted a change. When they graduated, the students wanted to be able to hone their skills in the […]