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The article focuses on the challenges and barriers faced by academic institutions in promoting and encouraging community-focused research and scholarship. It discusses how such research can help build public trust in higher education institutions amid declining confidence in academia. It highlights the obstacles, including funding structures, promotion and tenure criteria, and institutional policies, that hinder community-based research.

The article reports on the increase in international-student numbers in the U.S. according to a 2021 survey published by the Institute of International Education (IIE). Topics discussed include the recorded decline in international student applications in 2020 which may be attributed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the international-student enrollment reported by higher education institutions surveyed, and the views offered by Mirka Martel of IIE regarding international enrollment.

The article focuses on the efforts of U.S. universities and colleges to address the concern of international students about anti-Asian racism in 2021. Topics discussed include the 72% decline in the number of new foreign students in the U.S. in 2020, emergence of the U.S. as the least safe among developed countries such as Great Britain and Canada for prospective international students and their parents, and the outreach program implemented by institutions to recruit international students.

The article explores the behavior of young people between the ages of 18-24 that are from low-income families, and racial or ethnic minorities. Particular focus is given to how these young people often choose military service over college. Additional topics discussed include the $575 million dollars spent annually on advertising by the U.S. military, how typically only for-profit colleges advertise and how branding could be used to help reach students less likely to enroll.

The article looks at Chinese families aiming to send their children to study in U.S. colleges and universities, profiling several families and the steps they have taken to direct their children's education toward this goal. Topics include the contrast between the college admissions process in China versus the U.S.

The article profiles Leon Botstein, president of Bard College, and focuses on how his past as a child of Polish immigrants fleeing Nazi persecution has influenced the school's approach to international engagement as a liberal-arts institution. It notes that during Botstein's tenure, Bard has helped found new colleges, programs, and partnerships in areas such as Russia, South Africa, and the Palestinian West Bank.

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 provides several ideas from contributors to the journal on ways in which higher education can be reformed. Ideas related to topics including the use of writing as a way to assess learning in all subjects, the appointment of two college presidents at each institution, and a model of providing badges, rather than grades, to students to indicate mastery of content are provided. Some of the additional recommendations regarding reform include providing students and parents with accurate calculations of out-of-pocket costs for college degrees, reprioritizing the aims of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to focus on the educational needs of college athletes, and incorporating technology into counseling and advisement services for college students.

The article explores educational reforms at Asian universities in locations including China, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong which emphasize liberal arts education. Particular focus is given to ways in which secondary schools and colleges are adapting their curriculum to allow students to study the humanities in an effort to improve their critical thinking and teamwork skills to prepare them for future employment. Questions regarding the relationship of liberal arts education and traditional systems of higher education based on discipline specific coursework are explored. Other topics include the reliance of Asian college teachers on the lecture method of teaching and comments from students, teachers, and parents on the transition to education focused on interdisciplinary studies.

The article discusses the rising numbers of Chinese students attending American colleges and examines several issues associated with this trend for both the students and the schools. Focusing on Chinese college students admitted to the University of Delaware, the article explores issues including the requirements for Chinese students regarding their English language ability, the use of college student recruiting agents in China, and college entrance exam preparation for admission to U.S. universities. Other topics include concerns regarding fraudulent applications and essays submitted by Chinese students, the ability of Chinese students to pay tuition, and Chinese student academic success in fields include mathematics and engineering.

The article examines ways in which U.S. colleges are adapting the structure of their foreign student services departments to meet the social, emotional, and academic needs of an increasingly diverse group of students. It profiles how George Mason University has incorporated sex education classes for many of its Saudi Arabian students, describes the organization of the peer-mentor programs for international students at American University and Rice University, and overviews efforts by Florida State University to provide semester-long orientation programs to incoming freshmen. It also focuses on the academic needs of foreign students, including English-language support and introductions into the environment of U.S. classrooms.

The article presents a profile of the international cooperative-education program at Northeastern University. It chronicles the efforts of the university's president Joseph E. Aoun to emphasize global learning through the development of a program aimed at allowing students the opportunity to work, study, and live overseas through international education partnerships. Program director Ketty M. Rosenfeld provides an overview of the structure of the program and the experiences of several students who have participated in the co-op such as Sarah Tishler, Ximena Tovar, and Corey Allard are chronicled.

The article discusses Portugal's efforts to promote economic growth by investing in scientific research and development at its higher-education institutions. The article mentions the University of Coimbra's relationship with several U.S. universities, such as Carnegie Mellon University and the Harvard Medical School, to engage in research and academic exchange programs. Government spending has increased in these fields due to a commitment by the country to become a knowledge economy through innovation in science and technology. Relationships between Portuguese and U.S. universities have brought jobs to the country, attracted high-achieving students, and attracted business investments, but leaders fear funding from the federal government may decrease.

The article discusses how the global financial crisis is impacting U.S. colleges and universities and the recruitment of international students. It is noted that in the past many higher education institutions treated foreign student recruitment and study abroad programs as periphery activities. William B. Lacy, who is president of the Association of International Education Administrators, comments on the need for schools to provide more support for such activities and he fears that schools may discontinue these efforts due to the financial troubles facing many schools.

The article discusses the role of universities and colleges in the financial health of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a former industrial city whose economy now depends on educational institutions. It notes that the institutions, such as Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh, are the major employers for the area and generate economic growth through spin-off companies and service businesses such as restaurants which serve the college community. This is balanced by their tax-exempt status. Conflict occurred when the mayor asked the schools to pay their fair share of city expenses through a one percent tax on tuition paid by their students. Boston, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island are cited as cities in similar circumstances.

The article reports on the significant decline in the enrollment of international students at American colleges and universities during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Topics discussed include highlights of the Open Doors survey conducted by the Institute of International Education (IIE), the global disruption to the student mobility which may be attributed to the pandemic, and the contribution of international students to the American economy.

The article provides information related to higher education in the United States. The article presents a state-by-state view of the funding, governance, and educational news related to higher education. Among the information presented are statistics related to the educational attainment of students in each state; number and type of colleges; college enrollment figures; and the average pay for full-time professors.

The article discusses the potential of higher education institutions in the U.S. to be the key to helping manufacturing-based cities catch up and compete in a highly skilled global economy. College leaders are anxious on the possibility that civic leaders may harbor unrealistic anticipations of a college's ability to create jobs and revitalize local economies. Faculty members who resist taking on the role of community-development leader is one of the hindrance for colleges to become an economic driving force. INSETS: An Expanding Arizona City Seeks a College to Grow With It;Cities Where Colleges Are Playing a Bigger Role.

The article informs that the expenditure for higher education in Illinois grew at the fastest rate in five years during the current fiscal year, allowing colleges throughout much of the nation to regain their financial balance after a series of tight budgets. In budgets adopted by states for the 2005-06 fiscal year, total general-fund appropriations for postsecondary education rose by 6 percent, to $66.6 billion, from the previous year, according to a new analysis by the Center for the Study of Education Policy, at Illinois State University. That is the biggest jump since 2001, when state higher-education budgets increased by 7 percent.

The article discusses the issue of whether colleges and universities in the U.S. need to adopt a foreign policy. Also cited are the move by students and professors to question collaborations by U.S. schools with other schools with different principles like the collaboration between the U.S.' Cornell University and China's Peking University, and the U.S. Senate's approval of a China competition bill that will tackle issues like international academic agreements.

The article examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on colleges in the U.S. Topics discussed include decline in freshmen students at the University of South Carolina, statement from Jason Owen-Smith, a sociology professor at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, about the consequences of the long-fretted-about privatization of public education, and remarks from David H. Feldman, a professor of economics at the College of William & Mary.

The article discusses the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), focusing on the efforts of its administration and leadership to collaborate and form partnerships with international universities. Attention is given to MIT's role in developing the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) in Singapore, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in Russia, and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The article presents comments from several individuals regarding the academic partnerships including MIT president L. Rafael Reif, Skolkovo president Edward Crawley, and SUTD president Thomas Magnanti. Previous international academic partnerships between MIT and research universities in Iran, India, and Portugal are noted.

The article discusses efforts by universities to establish offices in foreign countries. The offices work to support international teaching, research, student exchange and alumni engagement. It notes that in countries like China, personal meetings are valued. Britta Baron, vice provost and associate vice president, international, at the University of Alberta, says she cannot imagine a globally active university without a presence abroad. Ohio State University, it notes, has an office in Shanghai, China and plans to open others in India and Brazil. It notes as well that the University of Melbourne, in Australia, maintains an office in San Francisco, California. Efforts are noted to ensure that such offices are known to university faculty and students and continually meet their needs.

The article reports that data from the Institute of International Education shows that the number of foreign students attending American colleges has increased to an all-time high to eight percent in the year 2008. First-time student enrollments grew even more by almost 16%. According to the article, enrollment at the undergraduate level exceeded the graduate level. It was noted that the figures don's reflect the impact of the global financial crisis, which could affect students' ability to pay for college and the assistance U.S. institutions could provide. The increase in students from India and China is discussed.

The article discusses the relationship between American universities and those in foreign countries. Mark S. Wrighton of Washington University in Missouri is an administrator who has been frustrated in his attempts to build educational partnerships. Washington University operates the McDonnell International Scholars Academy. Many universities are interested in building such partnerships as a result of globalization and the importance of cultural awareness. Indiana University and Purdue University have such a partnership with Moi University in Kenya. Everett Egginton of New Mexico State University comments on the need to incorporate faculty into these partnerships between schools.

The article reports that universities and colleges are attempting to take advantage of the restructuring of the United States military. The Department of Defense's Base Realignment and Closure plan will provide jobs for thousands of people across the country, and schools like Anne Arundel Community College are actively training students to fill positions vacated by defense workers affected by the plan. The author examines programs designed to train these students and their effects on school curricula.

The article discusses partnerships between U.S. and African universities intended to spur Africa's economic development. The U.S. Agency for International Development will offer grants to fund international partnerships while the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges is investigating ways to develop collaborations. The authors discuss how economic difficulties have strained resources and personnel for African universities. They note partnerships between the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Botswana to train medical students and Cornell University and Bahir Dar University to provide a water management program.

The article reports that the proportion of financially-needy undergraduates at the wealthiest colleges and universities in the U.S. has dropped between 2004-2005 and 2006-2007, despite the financial-aid plans of elite colleges aimed at enrolling more low-income students. It has been found that only 13.1% of the undergraduate population at the country's wealthiest private colleges in 2006-2007 received Pell Grants. Thomas G. Mortenson of the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education is worried that selective colleges are becoming class segregated.

The article presents an exploration into the investigations of New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo into the financial practices of study-abroad programs of universities and colleges. Details are given describing the rise in subpoenas for overseas programs in August 2007 and the lack of follow-up moves as of February 2008. Accompanying anxiety within the collegiate sphere is discussed. It is suggested that the interest in examining such finances have come and gone, and few changes have been made in financial practices.

The outbreak has unleashed a rash of phone calls and emails from anxious families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The transition to remote teaching involves a lot more than flipping a switch. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For American colleges at the height of the admissions season, the spreading illness is forcing them to work on parallel tracks. On one, it's business as usual. On the other, they are planning for a myriad of contingencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A case of the highly infectious respiratory illness has been confirmed at Arizona State University. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A study finds that 3 percent of graduate students at American universities conduct academic activity overseas; a music school cancels its China tour; and more. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"You are not entering that plane, period," a customs official told him. Then he took out a pen and wrote "cancelled" in capital letters and drew a line through his visa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on a state spending cap in the colleges of Colorado. Colorado, home of the most restrictive limits on state spending in the United States has become the scene of a much-watched vote that pits anti-tax forces against higher-education advocates. Voters will decide on November 1, 2005, whether to roll back the state's constitutionally imposed spending cap, known as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, for five years to allow lawmakers to spend an estimated $3.7 billion otherwise they would have had to refund to taxpayers.

Focuses on the efforts of several U.S. states to encourage students to enroll in high-demand majors. Need for the documentation of industry demand and student interest for financial grants in Washington universities and colleges; Allocation of grants in the technical-and professional-writing program of Western Washington University in Bellingham; Amount of money awarded by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education to its local degree programs in 2000 and 2001.

The article discusses U.S. colleges and universities that utilize U.S. visas known as H-1B visas in an effort to attract highly skilled foreign workers for sponsoring international entrepreneurs and start-up company founders for temporary work permits. According to the article, the U.S. Congress exempted higher-education institutions from caps placed on H-1B visas.

The article discusses how U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order halting the issuance of new visas to citizens of six Muslim-majority nations compares to the vetting process for foreign students already instituted. Citing research with campus administrators responsible for issue visa-related documents and maintaining foreign-student records, the author covers how students must document their intentions, participate in an in-person interview, and are subject to extra screening at the airport.

As another downturn looms, several factors have led to two years of declines in new international enrollments, with few experts expecting a turnaround. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A defense-policy bill targets espionage on American campuses; Chinese applications to British universities are increasing; and more. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that the number of first-time international college students enrolling in U.S. universities and colleges decreased by three percent in 2016. It examines the financial effects of this trend as well as how it has been influenced by immigration policies under the administration of President Donald Trump.

The author presents the results of a survey by the "Chronicle of Higher Education" regarding the impact of U.S. immigration policy of foreign college students. She mentions the overall decrease in the number of applications and admissions, the additional approaches being taken in student recruitment, and the possibility that the decrease will be more dramatic next year.

The article examines how a revised executive order from U.S. President Trump restricting access to travelers from six Muslim-majority nations could impact American colleges. It notes that the number of international students affected by the order is relatively small but suggests that the policy could have more negative affects on international perception of the U.S.

The article discusses the factors that will impact foreign enrollments in U.S. universities from 2017 onwards. Topics discussed include the 7 percent increase in enrollments registered during the 2015-2016 academic year, the tapering growth in enrollment from top sending countries such as China and Saudi Arabia, and the apprehension expressed by foreign students about studying in the U.S. under a Donald Trump presidency. The influx of Iranian students in U.S. campuses in the 1970s is mentioned.

The article reports on efforts by universities and colleges to increase international cooperation within their research projects and methods as of 2014. Introductory comments are given noting why schools are focusing on increased international cooperation within their scholarship. Examples of initiatives by schools such as South Florida University, North Texas University and Washington State University are mentioned. Discussion is also given noting the views of critics of the trend.

The article discusses the concerns of U.S. higher education officials over the retention rate of foreign college students attending U.S. colleges and universities. Topics discussed include a report released in 2014 by the U.S. Association of International Educators (Nafsa), the differences in expectations held by foreign students and university officials, and the economic conditions foreign students face.

The article discusses how American colleges and universities are being impacted by global economic downturns, particularly in countries such as India and China. According to the article, the number of foreign college students from China and India who pursue degrees at U.S. colleges may decrease due to slow economic growth in said countries. Other topics explored include foreign college student recruitment, the expanding, and less-expensive, higher education market in Malaysia and Europe, and the values placed on a college degree by Chinese and Indian cultures.

The article discusses a report by the U.S. Institute of International Education regarding a decrease in U.S. college students participating in foreign study programs during the 2008-2009 academic year. It describes the impact that the global economic crisis had on college study abroad programs, provides information regarding increased student aid to support foreign study, and presents charts regarding study abroad destinations and trends for U.S. college students.