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‘New Collaborations Needed’ as U.S. Cuts Global Health Funding
Curtailing competition, reducing waste and drawing more on industry and philanthropic sources seen as ways to fill gaps left by NIH’s retreat.
Why Grit and Knowing When to Say No Are Vital Skills in Academia Today
In this week’s podcast, two professors discuss the skills and characteristics needed to achieve long-term academic career success and fulfillment.
Saudi Arabia Approves Branch Campus for Longtime Partner U of New Haven
The institution says it started educating Saudi royal family members in the ’90s and later developed curricula for a Saudi “security college,” despite criticism. Now it could be the first university approved to open a branch campus in the kingdom.
U.S. Continues to Drop in THE World University Rankings
The latest tables, released Wednesday, show the U.S. was losing ground to global competitors before the Trump administration upended academic research funding.
No, OPT Isn’t a Guest Worker Program
But if it were, it’d be a model one, James Kaemmerer writes.
AAUP, Other Unions Sue Trump Admin Over H-1B Fee
International Student Arrivals Drop 19%
Some experts note that the entry data contradicts enrollment increases shown in SEVIS data—while others say the declines are even more extreme than the arrivals data indicates.
Institutions, Faculty Oppose Plan to Limit Foreign Students’ Time in U.S.
Commenters from across numerous sectors say they fear that the new rule, which would require international students to get extensions to stay in the U.S. more than four years, would be a barrier for the vast majority of students.