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Trump admin using new tactics to expel international students: US colleges

A crackdown on foreign students is alarming colleges, who say the Trump administration is using new tactics and vague justifications to push some students out of the country. College officials worry the new approach will keep foreigners from wanting to study in the US. Students stripped of their entry visas are receiving orders from the Department of Homeland Security to leave the country immediately a break from past practice that often permitted them to stay and complete their studies. Some students have been targeted over pro-Palestinian activism or criminal infractions or even traffic violations. Others have been left wondering how they ran afoul of the government. At Minnesota State University in Mankato, President Edward Inch told the campus Wednesday that visas had been revoked for five international students for unclear reasons. He said school officials learned about the revocations when they ran a status check in a database of international students after the detention

Brown University to lose half a billion in federal funds under Trump move

The Trump administration is planning to halt more than half a billion dollars in contracts and grants awarded to Brown University, adding to a list of Ivy League colleges that have had their federal money threatened as a result of their responses to antisemitism, a White House official said. Nearly USD 510 million in federal contracts and grants are on the line, said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the plan and spoke on condition of anonymity. In an email Thursday to campus leaders, Brown Provost Frank Doyle said the university was aware of troubling rumours about government action on its research money. At this moment, we have no information to substantiate any of these rumours, Doyle said. It comes two days after President Donald Trump's administration halted research grants at Princeton University. Dozens of universities are facing federal investigations into antisemitism following a wave of pro-Palestinian protests last year, but the administration h

Trump admin halts dozens of research grants at Princeton University

The Trump administration has halted dozens of research grants at Princeton University, the latest Ivy League school to see its federal money threatened in a pressure campaign targeting the nation's top universities. Princeton was notified this week that several dozen federal grants are being suspended by agencies including the Department of Energy, NASA and the Defense Department, according to a campus message sent Tuesday by Christopher Eisgruber, the university's president. Eisgruber said the rationale was not fully clear but that Princeton will comply with the law. The school is among dozens facing federal investigations into antisemitism following a wave of pro-Palestinian protests last year. "We are committed to fighting antisemitism and all forms of discrimination, and we will cooperate with the government in combating antisemitism," Eisgruber wrote. "Princeton will also vigorously defend academic freedom and the due process rights of this University." As President Donald Tru

US colleges face funding cuts as Trump ties aid to policy compliance

After decades of partnership with the US government, colleges are facing new doubts about the future of their federal funding. President Donald Trump's administration has been using the funding spigot to seek compliance with his agenda, cutting off money to schools including Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania. All the while, universities across the country are navigating cuts to grants for research institutions. The squeeze on higher education underscores how much American colleges depend on the federal government a provider of grants and contracts that have amounted to close to half the total revenue of some research universities, according to an Associated Press analysis. It adds up to a crisis for universities, and a problem for the country as a whole, say school administrators and advocates for academic freedom. America's scientific and medical research capabilities are tightly entwined with its universities as part of a compact that started after World War

International students weigh news risks of studying in US under Trump

Since plunging during the COVID-19 pandemic, international student enrollment in the US has been rebounding a relief to American universities that count on their tuition payments. Two months into the new Trump administration, educators fear that could soon change. Unnerved by efforts to deport students over political views, students from other countries already in the US have felt new pressure to watch what they say. A Ph.D. student at the University of Rochester from South Asia said it feels too risky to speak about LGBTQ+ causes she once openly championed or even be seen near a political demonstration. With reports of travel bans circulating, she likely won't fly home for the summer out of fear she would not be allowed back into the US. You're here for an education so you've got to keep moving forward on that end, said the student, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being targeted by authorities. But also it's very hard to, say, OK, I'm at work. I've got to zone out

Teachers' unions, NAACP sue to stop Trump's plan to abolish Education Dept

Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who is named in both suits, and Trump acknowledge that congressional action is needed to eliminate the department established by Congress in 1979

Decoded: International student applications dip 46% in Canada, 36% in Aus

Policy changes are benefitting non Anglophone countries like Finland, France and Germany

Trump sketches start of roadmap for winding down US education department

President Donald Trump began sketching a roadmap for dismantling the Education Department, with other agencies taking over responsibility for federal student loans and programmes serving students with disabilities. The executive order Trump signed on Thursday to do away with the department did not offer a timeline or instructions, but his administration appears poised to carve away all but the department's most vital operations. The Republican president said during a White House event that student loans will be handled by the Small Business Administration, and it will be serviced much better than it has in the past. He also said programmes involving students with disabilities would be shifted to the Department of Health and Human Services. The decisions drew blowback from advocacy groups that fear disruptions will be inevitable. The Small Business Association announced Friday it will cut its staff by 43 per cent, raising questions about its ability to take on the Education ...

Trump signs order to dismantle Education Department. Here's what it does

Moving to fulfil a campaign promise, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades. The order says Education Secretary Linda McMahon will, to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law, take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return authority over education to the States and local communities. Eliminating the department altogether would be a cumbersome task, which likely would require an act of Congress. In the weeks since he took office, the Trump administration already has cut the department's staff in half and overhauled much of the department's work. Trump adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has cut dozens of contracts it dismissed as woke and wasteful. It gutted the Institute of Education Sciences, which gathers data on the nation's academic progress. The agency's main role is

President Trump signs executive order to dismantle Department of Education

While Trump may not be able to dismantle it completely without an Act of Congress, Democrats acknowledged that he could weaken it significantly without any congressional action

Explained: Why does Trump want to shut down US education department?

Trump wants to shut down the US Education Department. Find out why he's targeting it, what's at stake, and what this means for schools, students, and states

Donald Trump to order plan to shut down the US Education Department

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department, according to a White House official, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that's been a longtime target of conservatives. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity before an announcement. Trump has derided the Department of Education as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, finalizing its dismantling is likely impossible without an act of Congress, which created the department in 1979. A White House fact sheet said the order would direct Secretary Linda McMahon to take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure (of) the Department of Education and return education authority to the States, while continuing to ensure the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely. The Trump adminstration has already been gutting the agency through layoffs and program cuts. The department

US, UK, Aus are losing Indian students as Russia gains: Experts explain why

The Indian government recently revealed that the total number of students going abroad fell by nearly 15% in 2024 compared to the previous year

US sees 13% drop in Indian student applications, Russia up 34%, Germany 49%

Indian students heading to Russia rose by 33.7% in 2024 compared to 2023

As Trump goes after universities, students now on the chopping block

Members of the administration have cast the cuts as a way to reduce wasteful government spending, sometimes in political terms

Trump threatens to cut federal funding over 'illegal protests' in schools

The US government recently announced that it was reviewing over $50 million in federal contracts with Columbia University amid concerns that the institution failed to protect Jewish students

Ex-wrestling executive Linda McMahon to lead US education department

The US Senate has voted to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation's education chief, a role that places her atop a department that President Donald Trump has vilified and vowed to dismantle. McMahon will face the competing tasks of winding down the Education Department while also escalating efforts to achieve Trump's agenda. Already the Republican president has signed sweeping orders to rid America's schools of diversity programs and accommodations for transgender students while also calling for expanded school choice programs. At the same time, Trump has promised to shut down the department and said he wants McMahon to put herself out of a job. The Senate on Monday voted to confirm McMahon 51-45. A billionaire and former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, McMahon, 76, is an unconventional pick for the role. She spent a year on Connecticut's state board of education and is a longtime trustee at Sacred Heart University but otherwise has little traditional

Trump admin gives schools deadline to end DEI or risk losing federal money

The Trump administration is giving America's schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president's fight against "wokeness" and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply. In a memo on Friday, the Education Department gave an ultimatum to stop using "racial preferences" as a factor in admissions, financial aid, hiring or other areas. Schools are being given 14 days to end any practice that treats students or workers differently because of their race. Educators at colleges nationwide were rushing to evaluate their risk and decide whether to stand up for practices they believe are legal. The sweeping demand threatens to upend all aspects of campus operations, from essays on college applications to classroom lessons and campus clubs. It's meant to correct what the memo described as rampant discrimination in education, often against white and Asian students. "Schools have been operating on the prete

Trump's pick McMahon for education chief to seek approval to lead agency

Linda McMahon faces an unusual test on Thursday as she seeks Senate approval to lead an agency the president wants her to destroy. If President Donald Trump has his way, his pick for education secretary would be the last in the role. The Republican president has promised to close the agency, saying it has been infiltrated by radicals, zealots and Marxists. A plan being considered by the White House would direct the education secretary to dismantle the department as much as legally possible while asking Congress to abolish it completely. At a White House news conference last week, Trump said he wanted McMahon to put herself out of a job. Trump has yet to sign an order on the department's shutdown, and some of McMahon's advisers pressed to delay it until after her hearing. Yet it's expected to be the central subject of Thursday's hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Democrats have been gearing up to grill McMahon on her willingness to execute

Donald Trump vows to close Department of Education, seeks Congress' help

Trump said that some of his advisers had said he could shutter the Education Department through an executive order, but that his preference was to work with Congress as well as teachers' unions