Tag: Colleges and universities
Scammers using AI to enroll fake students in online classes, then steal financial aid
It was an unusual question coming from a police officer. Heather Brady was napping at home in San Francisco on a Sunday afternoon when the officer knocked on her door to ask: Had she applied to Arizona Western College? She had not, and as the officer suspected, somebody else had applied to Arizona community colleges…
Catholic students find refuge at Princeton University’s worship space and cheer new pope
PRINCETON, N.J. — While other students might be in class or socializing at lunch, a group of young Catholics attends Mass every weekday at noon at the Princeton University Chapel. They sing Gregorian chants in Latin, pray and receive Communion at a side chapel — inside the huge, nondenominational Princeton Chapel — that young, devoted…
Harvard holds commencement amid Trump funding cuts, threats to international students
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University is holding its commencement Thursday at a pivotal moment, when its place as one of the world’s leading higher education institutions is under what increasingly seems like existential threats from the Trump administration. Other schools face the loss of federal funding and their ability to enroll international students if they…
New social media vetting adds to scrutiny of foreign students in US
WASHINGTON (AP) — New State Department guidance on visa applications is adding to scrutiny of international students that has intensified under President Donald Trump, who has leveraged control of foreign enrollment to press his demands with American colleges. In a cable sent Tuesday to U.S. embassies and consulates Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio halted…
US Student Visa Pause: What Interviews Are Impacted
President Donald Trump‘s administration has ordered a temporary halt to all new student and exchange visitor visa interviews at United States embassies and consulates worldwide. “Our clients are understandably anxious and uncertain. Many are questioning why they’ve invested so much time and money into the American education system, only to feel like it’s being taken…