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The article discusses tensions between globalist aspects of U.S. higher education and the nationalist views of U.S. President Donald Trump. Topics include problems with recruiting international students to U.S. institutions after Trump's election in 2016, the economic impact and financial benefits of foreign college students in the U.S., and the cultural effects of foreign students on campuses.

The article reports on updates in the higher education sector in the U.S., particularly the surveys showing that a growing number of Americans appreciate the value of higher education. Also cited are the studies on the issue of who should pay for college education, the recognition by President Joe Biden of the role the government should play in supporting college students, and his announcement of a plan to cancel student loan debts.

The article discusses difficulties facing efforts by U.S. colleges and universities to develop campuses and partnerships in India. Topics include problems with recruiting graduate students from India, comparisons of higher education in China to that in India, and government restrictions on foreign universities. Also addressed are the impact of bureaucratic regulations on foreign academics, the balance between teaching and research involved in faculty exchanges, and the involvement of the firm Sannam S4 in interpreting Indian culture and regulations for U.S. universities.

The article reports that the University of North Carolina system warned that its powers and revenue could be severely eroded by two spending-bill provisions that were pushed during the 2005 legislative session by the university's flagship campus, at Chapel Hill. Molly Corbett Broad, president of the 16-campus system, fought the proposals, which system officials feared would circumvent the governing board's authority and could ultimately lead to a breakup of the system. Higher education fared well when the 2005-2006 budget deal was finally inked. State appropriations for the University of North Carolina system were $2.132-billion, an increase of 10.6 percent. The article also provides statistical information related to the demography of the state.

New restrictions are likely to further complicate American colleges' global recruitment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article profiles the legal dispute surrounding the Optional Practical Training program for foreign university and college students in the United States as of February 2016. Details are given outlining how the program extended student and graduate visas to allow for professional development, how it was legally challenged by workers' groups, and how the visa statuses of a large population of immigrants could change if the program is not redefined by Congress.

The article discusses predictions in foreign college student enrollment in the United States as of 2015 and beyond, focusing on economic problems in China and changes in government-sponsored scholarship programs. Topics addressed include how reliant some schools have become on foreign enrollment, forecasts of an economic slowdown in China, and opposition to U.S. political initiatives to extend and expand foreign enrollment.

The article explores U.S. universities & colleges focused on economic development and U.S. states' efforts to drive economic growth. The higher education system in Ohio is being reformed to support economic development, link course offerings with labor demands, and connect state aid to progress on measures such as graduation rates. Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut and governor Ted Strickland are spearheading the effort. Other topics include increasing state funding for public colleges, core strengths of universities, and working relationships between business and universities.

The article discusses institutional investments by public universities and colleges in the United States as the nation faces a financial crisis. Public colleges are generally in a good position because they borrow money at fixed-rates of interest rather than variable rates. The author examines the ways that private universities, which are much more likely to hold variable rate loans, are coping with additional expenses from the crisis. The situation's effects on the amount of bonds issued by colleges is analyzed.

The article focuses on voting and higher education in the U.S. The article reports that Steve Beshear, whose campaign centered around higher education, was voted governor of Kentucky in November 2007. In ballot measures dealing with higher education, New Jersey voters rejected a plan to borrow money to finance stem-cell research, while voters in Maine approved a bond package for college campus construction and renovation. Voters in Texas approved a measure that would move Angelo State University into the Texas Tech University system, while voters in Washington state approved a measure that would allow higher education institutions to invest in corporate stocks and bonds.

The article reports on the challenges facing the next U.S. president in setting the federal agenda for research and science education, in which the U.S. is beginning to lag behind other developed countries. President George W. Bush has already signed a law implementing a number of recommendations in a report released by the National Academies warning of a coming shortage of scientists and engineers. Business and higher education leaders say the law is an important first step, but that the next president must move to increase federal spending on academic research and training.

The article discusses the financial health of New Jersey's public colleges, which have suffered budget cuts. Governor Jon S. Corzine has promised to increase the state's funding to the schools but he is cautious in light of economic forecasts that the state will operate at a deficit. The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems is predicting that many states will face financial shortfalls by 2013. Rutgers University has cut hundreds of courses from its catalog and eliminated sports teams in order to decrease spending. Some administrators at public colleges feel that their schools' autonomy may be an advantage in allowing the schools to formulate financial solutions to compensate for the lack of government funds.

The article discusses ways United States Governors are finding ways to fund higher education in their states. Indiana's Governor Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. is proposing leasing the state's lottery to a private contractor for at least $1-billion, which would establish a new college scholarship and create an endowment to pay for researchers' salaries and start-up costs. Gov. Matt Blunt of Missouri has proposed selling off student-loan assets to finance university building projects. Public officials in several other states, including Maryland, New Jersey, and Texas, are also considering plans to gain revenue from some of their state's most valuable services like toll roads and lotteries. INSET: Creative Financing: States Seek New Sources of Funds for High...

The article reports that financial support for repairs and maintenance of colleges in North Carolina has not kept pace, even with state's own minimum requirements for upkeep. The deferred-maintenance bill for the 16-campus University of North Carolina system alone is approaching $1-billion. Before the 2000 bond measure was passed, college leaders and public officials say, spending for campus facilities was often erratic. While the bonds have allowed North Carolina colleges to tackle their capital needs in a more holistic manner, money for maintenance was not included in the spending package, which had been approved by 73 percent of voters.

This article reports on the outlook for higher education in the state legislature of Massachusetts. Tax revenue is running nearly 8 percent above projections, thanks to a rebounding state economy. Governor Mitt Romney, a Republican, has called for the surplus to be refunded to taxpayers, but the Democrat-controlled legislature instead wants to spend the extra money on expanded health-care coverage, government salaries, and local projects, including more than $160-million for the construction and renovation of facilities at state colleges and universities. Long at loggerheads with Democrats, Romney decided to step aside after his term ends in 2007, a move that could heighten tensions with the legislature and further complicate both budgetary and policy debates.

The article presents an outlook for higher education in the state legislatures in Tennessee. Although the state's economy is improving, health care, elementary and secondary education, and other mandatory programs are expected to gobble up any potential budget surplus. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission, the statewide coordinating board, says public colleges and financial-aid programs actually need about $1.6-billion in state support--or about 35 percent more than they are now getting. Both private- and public-college leaders argue that the state needs to be spending substantially more on need-based aid, and plan to lobby for additional appropriations for aid programs.

This article reports on the outlook for higher education in the state legislature of North Carolina. For 2006-7, the second year of the biennium, lawmakers have approved $2.1-billion for the University of North Carolina system, the same as the 2005-6 appropriation. Officials of the state's two college systems plan to submit requests for supplemental appropriations for the 2006-7 fiscal year. With tax revenue running ahead of projections, and the legislature generally appearing friendly to education, college officials are hoping that lawmakers will set aside additional money for various higher-education priorities, particularly enrollment growth.

The article reports that a dispute over a faculty labor contract in the Vermont State Colleges system nearly caused a government shutdown after Governor James H. Douglas, a Republican, threatened to veto the 2006 budget over a provision ordering the two sides back to the bargaining table. The 2005-2006 budget included a 3.5-percent increase in spending for higher education, giving $22.5-million to Vermont State Colleges and $39.3-million to the University of Vermont. The article also presents statistical information related to the demography of the state.

The article reports that public colleges in Tennessee received minimal budget increases for 2005-2006. Under new rules, college students whose grades fall below the required 3.0 grade-point average will be given a chance to regain their lost scholarships. At the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, tuition will rise 13 percent, or $542, in 2005-2006. Statewide need-based financial aid remained flat for 2005-6, at $43.7-million. Low-income students on Knoxville campuses will see some relief from rising tuition. The article also presents statistical information related to the demography of the state.

The article reports that higher education got a seat in the governor's cabinet in New Mexico in 2005 with the creation of a new Higher Education Department. Governor Bill Richardson, a Democrat, had argued for the new position, which he said would give higher education a higher profile. State funds for higher education will total $718-million in 2005-2006, an increase of 6.9 percent over the previous year. The article also provides statistical information related to the demography of the state.

The article reports that the finances of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark became the scandal du jour in 2005. The university faced mounting concerns about its financial practices, including its awarding of millions of dollars in no-bid contracts, some to politically connected people and organizations and its distribution of millions more in bonuses to top college officials. Lawmakers approved a $27.9 billion state budget for 2005-2006, which allocated $2.12-billion for higher education, an increase of 5 percent, as well as $5.5-million for stem-cell research. The article also provides statistical information related to the demography of the state.

The article reports that the debate over how to keep the state's popular merit-based-aid program financially solvent was a dominant issue during 2005-2006 in Nevada and it took an all-night special session for lawmakers to agree to a measure to ease the Millennium Scholarship's projected $40-million shortfall. Spending for higher education increased 8.7 percent, from $669.7-million in 2004-2005 to $727.7-million in 2005-2006. The article also provides statistical information related to the demography of the state.

The article reports that Massachusetts remains one of just six states without a public law school, despite efforts by University of Massachusetts officials in 2004-2005 to establish one. In March the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education rejected a controversial proposal by the university system to acquire the Southern New England School of Law. Massachusetts stepped into the middle of a national debate when lawmakers voted in April to encourage research on human embryonic stem cells. The article also provides statistical information related to the demography of the state.

The article reports that the Arizona Board of Regents, the statewide governing board for higher education, in 2004-2005 scaled back a far-reaching and controversial plan to redesign the public-university system. The plan was opposed by students, faculty members and alumni of the affected institutions, many of whom worried that it would relegate some of the other colleges to second-class status. Lawmakers, meanwhile, considered a bill during their 2005 session that would have permitted community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees in law enforcement, teacher education, health services, fire sciences, and any work-force-related field in which the state's four-year institutions do not offer degrees. The article also presents statistical information related to demography of the state.

The article presents a discussion of the international education policy of U.S. President Barack Obama. Particular attention is given to the failure of his administration to follow through with an initiative aimed at enrolling 100,000 students in foreign study programs in China and concerns regarding the potential impact of accreditation requirements on student enrollment in study abroad. Other topics including federal aid to higher education, cultural exchange, and Chinese language teaching institutes are discussed.

The article discusses the results of a paper on the impact of the recession on higher-education budgets. Researcher John Aubrey Douglass, of the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California at Berkeley, found that the recession could alter the U.S.'s position in the global competition to educate more people and produce research. The U.S. management approach to its higher-education budget is contrasted with that of other countries.

The article reports that U.S. states' lack of financial support for public research universities threatens American higher education's global standing, according to the paper "Is the U.S. Losing Its Pre-eminence in Higher Education?" from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The author of the paper, James D. Adams, displays a decrease in scientific publications by American researchers in the 1990s. Adams also found tuition revenue increased at private universities from 1982 to 1999.

The article Texas lawmakers have passed a budget that will provide assistance to Texas Southern University as well as financially rewarding colleges for improving their graduation rates. The article discusses the details of the budget package, such as the supplemental funds for Texas Southern University, which is facing financial and governance issues. The article also discusses Texas Governor Rick Perry, who supported the budget package, and proposals that were rejected by the Texas legislature.

The article reports that the Texas House of Representatives has turned down a proposal that would have given state universities a voice in how many in-state students they must admit under Texas's top-10-percent law. The law specifies that Texas students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school classes be admitted to their choice of state universities. The article discusses the details of the proposal, and features the comments of Texas State Representative Helen Giddings, who argued against changing the 10 percent law because it promotes geographic diversity at Texas universities.

The article focuses on a clash between Joseph A. Chapman, president of North Dakota State University, and Eddie Dunn, chancellor of the North Dakota University system. Chapman was reportedly concerned he might be fired for claiming to speak for Dunn while discussing a proposed amendment to the North Dakota Constitution, which would have required campus presidents to report directly to the chancellor of the North Dakota University system. The article mentions another problem Dunn had with a university administrator and mentions the result of Chapman's performance evaluation.

The article discusses a plan approved by the Texas Senate that would cap the number of high-ranking high-school seniors who must be promised a spot at the state university of their choice, which could represent a huge change in the state's guaranteed-admissions law. The measure, which passed with a huge majority of votes, would require universities to fill up no more than 60 percent of their freshman classes with students who ranked in the top 10 percent of their high-school graduating classes.

The article looks at how vocational education programs, such as the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education program, escape elimination under U.S. President George W. Bush's proposed budget for 2008. Previously, Bush had called for the elimination of all federal technical-educational spending, saying that the Perkins program had produced little evidence of improved outcomes for students despite decades of federal investment. According to the article, higher-education lobbyists were not wholly pleased with the limits on funds proposed for technical education in the president's budget.

The article looks at a report issued by a panel of the U.S. National Conference of State Legislatures, which wrote that state legislators must take a leading role in reforming higher education to make college more accessible and to better meet state needs in a competitive global economy. In its report, "Transforming Higher Education: National Imperative--State Responsibility," the group's Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education calls on state lawmakers to set a public agenda for higher education or else risk ceding that authority to the federal government.

The article presents several U.S. state governors newly voted into office as a result of the 2006 midterm elections. They are introduced as leaders whose stances on higher education could reshape their states' policies over the course of their terms. Among those listed is Democrat Mike Beebe of Arkansas, who wants to expand need-based aid and who has promoted increased collaboration between higher-education and business leaders. Also noted is Republican Charlie Crist of Florida, who wants to increase public universities' focus on mathematics, science, and engineering and who has proposed tax credits to businesses who hire state college graduates. Democrat Chet Culver of Iowa is mentioned for his goal to increase appropriations to the state's three public universities.

The article reports on the defeat of 2006 ballot initiatives in Maine, Nebraska, and Oregon. According to the article, higher-education leaders closely watched the proposals that would have limited increases in government spending to the annual rate of population growth, plus inflation. Officials had feared that the measures would result in severe reductions in state financial support for higher education, as the model for all three measures, Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights, had resulted in a cut in state financial support for public colleges before being temporarily rolled back in November 2005. Various officials respond to the decision of the voters, and other state ballot measures of interest to higher education are presented.

The article discusses a report by the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research that warns that the University of North Carolina system could face a lawsuit over its near-annual tuition increases and faults the way the system's governing board is selected as too politicized. The report recommends that the General Assembly give the governor the power to appoint three-quarters of the members of the board.

The article focuses on the proposal by Governor George Pataki of New York to cut down on financial-aid fraud at for-profit colleges. The proposal could expel some low-income students from a popular state scholarship program. The state would defer aid payments to students admitted to college without a high-school diploma, requiring institutions to pick up the tab for those students until they complete 24 credit hours. Governor Pataki's plan, which also includes stricter provisions on grade-point averages and loan defaults, would cut the scholarship program, which awards grants of up to $5,000 annually, by $190-million.

The article presents an outlook for higher education in the state legislature of West Virginia. The state has requested for a budget of $390.5-million for the year 2006-07. After several tight budget, years, West Virginia might actually end the 2005-6 fiscal year with a modest surplus. Still, it remains to be seen if legislators will choose to finance new programs, or instead concentrate on paying off old debt. While state agencies were asked to submit budget requests pegged to last year's appropriation levels, public colleges are asking for extra money if it is available. Lawmakers are expected to curb spending on the Promise Scholarship, the state's popular merit-based aid program. The program's oversight board has recommended that legislators set a scholarship dollar limit, rather than continue to pay full tuition at public colleges for each scholarship student in the state.

This article reports on the outlook for higher education in the state legislature of Vermont. Governor James H. Douglas, a Republican, has supported higher education, even attending meetings of public-college trustees. But growing costs of Medicaid and prisons are likely to eat up a projected surplus of $44-million. After a labor dispute in the Vermont State Colleges nearly derailed the state budget, lawmakers created a committee to study the operation of the system and relations between its faculty and administration. The University of Vermont plans to oppose legislation that would require it to get state approval of all clinical trials and to make the results of those medical experiments public.

The article presents an outlook for higher education in the state legislature of New Mexico. New Mexico, which gets a sizable share of its revenue from taxes on oil and natural-gas producers, expects to reap a windfall from higher energy prices, taking in an extra $1-billion in tax collections. College officials are optimistic that they will share in the surplus, especially after Governor Bill Richardson, a Democrat, declared 2006 the "Year of the Child." The state has requested $979.7-million as education funds for the year 2006-07. Richardson has proposed spending $50-million on need-based student financial aid. Under the governor's plan, the money would be used to establish an endowment, and its investment earnings would be used to pay for the scholarships

The article presents an outlook for higher education in the state legislature of New Hampshire. For 2006-07, the second year of a biennial budget, lawmakers have approved $92.3-million for the University System of New Hampshire, a 5.5-percent increase. The legislature passed a two-year budget during its 2005 session, and the state, which does not assess sales or personal income tax, is not expected to have much extra revenue to grant supplemental spending requests. At $164 per credit hour, costs for New Hampshire's two-year colleges are among the highest in the nation, and administrators worry that a college education will soon be out of reach for many students. A measure dubbed "Michelle's Law," would require insurers to cover college students for up to a year if they took medical leaves of absence.

The article presents an outlook for higher education in the state legislature of New Jersey. Higher-education leaders cheered the election in November of Governor Jon S. Corzine, a Democrat who had championed student issues during his five years in the U.S. Senate. Another reason for optimism is that tax revenue has experienced a double-digit increase over last year. Still, the state's many pressing needs and a projected $6-billion budget deficit mean colleges may not get all they want, despite an education-friendly governor and General Assembly. With the number of high-school graduates in the state projected to grow by 10,000 per year, New Jersey colleges hope voters will approve as much as $2.75-billion in debt to finance campus construction, the first major bond issue for institutions in nearly two decades.

The article presents an outlook for higher education in the state legislature of Louisiana. College officials say they have not even begun to work on spending requests for the 2006-7 fiscal year, partly because their current budget remains so up in the air. Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, a Democrat, is expected to call the Legislature into a second hurricane-related special session in January, before the start of its regularly scheduled session. Public colleges have already shouldered $71.4-million in cuts to help offset a $959-million state deficit. For Louisiana colleges, the question is no longer whether their budgets will be cut, but by how much. During the first round of cutbacks, in November, higher education absorbed the largest financial blow of any state agency, about 6 percent of its state general-revenue support.

The article presents an outlook for higher education in the state legislature of Kentucky. The state has requested $1.1-billion of funds for the budget of 2006-07. During the last legislative session, higher education was the only major sector of state government where the General Assembly approved substantially more spending than Governor Ernie Fletcher, a Republican, had requested, in part to make up for recent years in which public colleges had to do without. In the coming year, however, Kentucky, like most states, will be under pressure to find more money in its budget to finance an increasingly costly Medicaid program. A state circuit-court judge has yet to settle a legal standoff that began last year when lawmakers tried to withdraw $13.7-million from the state's prepaid tuition program, which allows families to pay their children's tuition in advance, at current prices.

This article reports on the outlook for higher education in the state legislature of Florida. For four-year public colleges $2.3-billion has been allocated, a 9.6-percent increase. The costs of cleaning up after Wilma, the latest hurricane to batter the Sunshine State, could eat into the amount of money available for higher education, which will have to compete with other popular programs. State-college officials have long complained that Florida lawmakers need to sharply boost public financing in order to maintain quality and access, but, despite the strongest job growth of any state in the last year, legislators have not been willing to step up support to keep up with enrollment increases.

The article presents an outlook for higher education in the state legislature of Connecticut. For 2006-07, the second year of the biennium, lawmakers have approved $622.1-million, a 2.6-percent increase in education funding. Lawmakers will limit the University of Connecticut's (UC) ability to award and administer construction contracts, as a result of multiple inquiries into questionable practices in the college's $2.3-billion building program, known as UConn 2000. Legislation requiring state auditors to examine the financial records of university foundations is likely to be revived. Connecticut could become the fourth state to provide private colleges with public financing for construction and renovation projects.

This article reports on the outlook for higher education in the state legislature of Arizona. Budget request for three universities is $991.7-million, a 17.6 percent increase. With forecasts that the state could be $326-million ahead of budget projections by the end of the fiscal year, in June 2006, lawmakers will have extra cash to spend. Still, the state Legislature has not made higher education a priority in the past. Chairwoman of the state House committee that oversees higher education, Representative Laura Knaperek, has already said that she will reintroduce legislation to allow community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees in fields that face labor shortages, like teacher education and nursing, and in subject areas where the state's public universities do not award four-year degrees.

This article reports on various news briefs related to educational finance in the U.S. Two Massachusetts student-aid programs that serve middle-income students, reportedly, could be eliminated in order to increase financial assistance to the neediest students, under a proposal by the state's chancellor of higher education, Judith I. Gill. The draft plan, which requires approval by the legislature and the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, the state's coordinating board, would increase the need-based award for low-income students from $1,600 to $3,600. The Kansas Board of Regents, the statewide higher-education governing board, has asked the State Legislature to raise taxes and sell bonds to finance $598-million in delayed building maintenance. Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, reportedly, wants the State Legislature to put $50-million into a scholarship fund for low-income students. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the state coordinating board, wants state lawmakers to find a permanent source of financial support for a program that pays in-state tuition for 12,000 college students each year.

The article reports that Louisiana colleges could have to cut $71.4-million from already-constrained budgets under an order issued by Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, and E. Joseph Savoie, the state's commissioner of higher education, said last week that he would not rule out consolidating institutions or academic programs to make the necessary reductions. Higher education will absorb the largest financial blow to any state agency under the order, which was issued by Blanco, a Democrat, and would eliminate $431-million in state spending over all. Under the governor's directive, Louisiana colleges, which already face a loss of $54-million in tuition and fees from students displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, could lose about 6 percent of their state general-revenue support.

This article presents information related to the University of Colorado administrators who are warning that the college could be forced to raise in-state tuition by as much as 42 percent next year if state voters fail to pass a November 2005 ballot measure that would lift state limits on spending for five years. They also say that competition from other state agencies for limited state funds could result in a 25-percent decline in funds for higher education over the long term, forcing the university to cut spending on programs and services.