Advocates worry the Trump administration is planning to end a long-standing policy that allows international students to stay in the U.S. until their studies are complete.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
On the same day ICE posted a social media graphic saying it is working to keep “illegal” ideas out of the US, a Louisiana immigration judge ruled the Trump administration could deport Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil for opposing the Gaza genocide.| Mondoweiss
No federal administration has moved as swiftly to exert broad new controls over what people can say, read, learn, research, and think.| PEN America
Free Higher Education News, Jobs, Career Advice and Events for college and university faculty, adjuncts, graduate students, and administrators.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The MESA Board of Directors and its Task Force on Civil and Human Rights call on all U.S. universities and colleges to recognize the Trump administration’s reversal of the unlawful mass visa revocations that have terrorized international students and scholars in recent weeks. We urge campus administrations to immediately inform their communities and recent alumni that international students and scholars remain legally entitled to stay in the United States. Termination of a SEVIS record does...| Middle East Studies Association
As the Trump administration cracks down arbitrarily on student visas and xenophobic rhetoric scares away potential foreign students, agencies specializing in recruiting foreign students are in peril.| Forbes
The changes follow the Trump administration's crackdown on international students associated with pro-Palestinian activism.| Nieman Reports
Prison dog-training programs teach incarcerated people responsibility and give them a sense of purpose behind bars.| theappeal.org
Lawyers for the federal government say terminating students’ SEVIS records does not actually mean those students’ legal status in this country has changed. Immigration lawyers are skeptical.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Over 700 international students in the United States have had their student visas revoked with no explanation by the Trump administration.| Mshale
“Data matching” may seem abstract, but its consequences can be life-changing: visa revocation, deportation, sudden cessation of Social Security payments, all without warning or opportunity to present argument or evidence to a human fact-finder.| Papers, Please!
Linda McMahon has said little about her views on education, worrying some. But other experts are confident she’s the right woman for the job.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Last year’s rollout of the revamped federal aid form was a disaster. The Education Department’s efforts to get it on track could reshape the agency that oversees student aid.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Martin University had a short-lived burst of state funding. But those funds disappeared in Governor Mike Braun’s budget proposal, unveiled on the heels of an anti-DEI executive order. One lawmaker calls it racist.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Trump reversed an order requiring federal agencies to freeze grants and loans, but programs at odds with his executive orders remain at risk of losing funding.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Pell Grants and student loans would have continued, but other grant programs that support student success and childcare on campus would've been on hold.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
A faculty member says the university suspended him from teaching for a lecture that mentioned President Trump and criticized Louisiana governor Jeff Landry’s public calls to punish a colleague over similar allegations.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Most universities have systems to alert students to low grades or high absence rates, but there’s been little evidence showing they change student outcomes. New research from Oklahoma State shows the notifications are worthwhile investments.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Documents released in an antitrust lawsuit show how some elite colleges gave well-connected applicants a leg up in admissions. Are these practices ongoing?| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Whatever happens to the Education Department, Trump’s second term could have major implications for federal financial aid—and the students who rely on it.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
On day two of the new Trump administration, the president has only publicly announced an acting education secretary. Who else is running the agency on an interim basis is not yet clear.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
We asked some of academia’s sharpest minds to identify their highest hope—and biggest worry—for the sector in the next four years. Their responses may surprise you.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
As part of its existing information literacy general education requirement, students will now study the “ethical dimensions” of the technology.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
American Historical Association convention-goers overwhelmingly passed the statement on Jan. 5, but the group’s top elected body has vetoed it without letting all AHA members vote.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The national conservative activist wrote on social media that a student recruiting conference violates the state’s DEI ban because it excludes whites and Asians. Governor Abbott then threatened to fire the A&M president.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs