Global

Foreign agents are targeting research at American academic institutions, write Representatives Lamar Smith and Clay Higgins, and universities must take steps to guard against theft of sensitive information.

Eastern Michigan hopes resident tuition rates will attract many more international undergraduates.

Debate follows failed attempts to set up Western civilization programs.

Pathway providers are shaking up the international student recruitment landscape, and the incentives they offer recruiting agents are attracting scrutiny.

The number of universities contracting with corporate entities to recruit for and manage first-year programs for international students keeps growing. As competition increases, institutions report mixed results with the model.

Third-party pathway programs have a wide range of academic and financial models. Here's an overview and some of the key corporate players.

Kings Education mostly recruits students to small private institutions with the expectation of transfer. At one Kings partner, those the company recruited made up almost 40 percent of all undergraduates last fall.