Don’t Limit Foreign-Student Enrollment
For too long, merit has taken a back seat in American higher education. Under the banner of DEI, admissions policies at many institutions have prioritized demographic balancing over academic excellence.…
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RE: “Limit Student Visas”
Guzi He’s article “Limit Student Visas” (Sept. 19) misses the mark in several ways. First, such a policy would deprive the United States of the talented and innovative individuals who…
Limit Student Visas
Recent events—including, among other things, President Trump’s attempt to ban Harvard University from enrolling international students and the online backlash against Elon Musk for defending visa policies that allow college-educated…
Higher Ed’s Crisis of Domestic Confidence
Buried in a recent report from the Economic Innovation Group is a statistic that should make every university administrator in America lose sleep: Foreign-born workers who arrived in the U.S.…
Trump, Harvard, and Federal Research Funding
President Trump continues to ramp up the pressure on Harvard: The university has lost $2.7 billion in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation…
Restoring the J-1 Visa Program’s Purpose
The J-1 visa program was created under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 and was designed as more than an avenue for international students and scholars to…
Regulate International Student Enrollment
In the aftermath of Hamas’s attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, campuses across the country erupted with intense, heated protests. Except the protests weren’t against the brutality of Hamas’s…
Religion on Campus: A Marketable Skill, or a Diversity & Inclusion Fight?
Across higher education, campuses have changed how they deal with religion. It used to be seen as something at odds with academic freedom and science. Now, however, some campus administrators…
Shedding Light on Lumina and Its College Agenda
American higher education is struggling. Even before the coronavirus struck, schools all over the country were dealing with declining enrollment. In an effort to replace lost revenue they sought out…
Universities Appease China, Ignore Human Rights Abuses
Long the vanguard of liberal change, the American university now leads the appeasement of a hardened authoritarian China. The interest in promoting a broader community of scholars has given way…