International students
A Saudi passenger walks in front of an enlargement of an old photograph showing the late King Abdul Aziz Al Saud as he peers out of an airplane, at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Monday, May 17, 2021. Vaccinated Saudis will be allowed to leave the kingdom for the first time in more than a year as the country eases a ban on international travel that had been in place to try and contain the spread of the coronavirus and its new variants. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Saudi Arabia eases travel ban for vaccinated citizens

By Amr Nabil And Aya Batrawy May. 17, 2021 02:40 AM EDT

Thomas H V Anthony poses for a photo after his interview with the Associated Press holding his daughter Katerina as his son Andrey stands next at their flat door in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 10, 2021. "My expectation was as things get better with the situation with the pandemic, gradually the consulate would open more and more and more," said Thomas H V Anthony, a U.S. citizen living in Russia with a baby daughter who has not yet received a U.S. passport. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Kremlin-imposed cuts at US Embassy leave thousands adrift

By Daniel Kozin And Jim Heintz May. 12, 2021 04:26 AM EDT

People hold signs, including one with an image of George Floyd, outside the courthouse in Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after the guilty verdicts were announced in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Teachers, coaches grapple with addressing Chauvin verdict

By Isabelle Taft, The Sun-Herald Apr. 25, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2021, file photo people view the Supreme Court building from behind security fencing on Capitol Hill in Washington after portions of an outer perimeter of fencing were removed overnight to allow public access. A Supreme Court case being argued this week amid March Madness could erode the difference between elite college athletes and professional sports stars. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
High court sympathetic to college athletes in NCAA dispute

By Jessica Gresko Mar. 31, 2021 05:04 PM EDT

Keene State plans full in-person fall semester

Mar. 17, 2021 10:27 AM EDT
KEENE, N.H. (AP) — Keene State College is planning for a fully in-person fall semester. Currently, classes have been a mix of in-person,...

Wood shop students build desks for online learners

By Emily Anderson Dec. 24, 2020 08:00 AM EST
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Students have spent an unprecedented amount of time learning online this year — some by choice, some by mandate, others by necessity....

Students walk around the University of New South Wales campus in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Australia has welcomed its first group of international students to arrive since the coronavirus pandemic began, with a charter flight carrying students from mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam and Indonesia landed Monday in the northern city of Darwin. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Australia hosts first group of overseas students since virus

Nov. 30, 2020 08:24 PM EST

FILE - In this file photo from Aug. 25, 2020, students Jessica DeSena, right, and Camden Coggburn, left, both from Columbus, sit outside Thompson Library during the first day of fall classes at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Colleges in the U.S. have seen a sharp enrollment drop among international students this fall. University administrators say a number of hurdles and new policies brought on by the coronavirus pandemic are to blame. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)
Pandemic pushes steep drop in foreign college students

By John Seewer And Collin Binkley Nov. 16, 2020 12:05 AM EST

Illinois Institute of Technology student Wofai Ewa, originally from Nigeria, poses for a portrait Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at the institute's library in Chicago. America was always considered the premiere destination for international students, with the promise of top-notch universities and work opportunities. Yet, 2016 marked the start of an alarming decline of new enrollees, something expected to continue with fresh rules limiting student visas, competition from other countries and a haphazard coronavirus response. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Foreign students show less zeal for US since Trump took over

By Sophia Tareen Oct. 25, 2020 11:13 AM EDT

A medical staff takes a swab from a woman as residents receive the COVID-19 test near the residential area in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. A hospital president and the director of the health commission in the northern Chinese city of Qingdao have been fired after China's latest coronavirus outbreak, authorities said Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (Chinatopix via AP)
Chinese company offers coronavirus vaccine to students

By Huizhong Wu Oct. 15, 2020 08:59 AM EDT

Univ. of Michigan cancels study abroad programs due to virus

Sep. 28, 2020 05:36 PM EDT
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan has canceled undergraduate study abroad programs for the school’s upcoming winter term due to concerns over...

Foreign students face unique challenges during pandemic

By Lenore Sobota Jul. 26, 2020 01:01 AM EDT
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a change in how it would treat international students taking online college...

FILE- In this March 14, 2019, file photo, people walk on the Stanford University campus beneath Hoover Tower in Stanford, Calif. A week after revoking sweeping new restrictions on international students, federal immigration officials on Friday, July 24, 2020, announced that new foreign students will be barred from entering the United States if they plan to take their classes entirely online this fall. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
Gov't: New foreign students can't enter US if courses online

By Collin Binkley Jul. 24, 2020 06:29 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Jul. 15, 2020 06:23 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Congress, Do Your Job: Help Americans Without One ...

Natalia Afonso, 27, an international student from Brazil at Brooklyn College, sits on a stoop outside her home during an interview, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in New York. Afonso, who is studying teaching education and finished her first semester this spring, said she has lived in the U.S. for 7 years and "I don't see myself moving back to Brazil at this point. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students

By Collin Binkley Jul. 14, 2020 01:42 PM EDT

UW supports federal lawsuit over international student rule

Jul. 13, 2020 02:24 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin supports a multi-state lawsuit filed Monday challenging the Trump administration’s new restrictions on...

Vermont joins suit on ICE foreign student immigration rule

Jul. 13, 2020 12:48 PM EDT
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The state of Vermont is suing the Department of Homeland Security to block a rule that would require foreign students to leave the...

FILE - In this July 8, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer looks on during an operation in Escondido, Calif. International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued Monday by federal immigration authorities. The guidelines, issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, provide additional pressure for campuses to reopen even amid growing concerns about recent spread of COVID-19 among young adults. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
More than 200 schools back lawsuit over foreign student rule

By Collin Binkley Jul. 13, 2020 11:58 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials

By The Associated Press Jul. 13, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, July 12 Make sure international students can stay at UW Wisconsin can’t afford to...

President Donald Trump waves from the top of the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Friday, July 10, 2020. Trump is heading to Florida to visit Southern Command, attend a roundtable event at a Doral church where he will speak with Cuban and Venezuelan dissidents and attend a fundraiser in Hillsboro Beach. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Trump threatens to pull tax exemption for schools, colleges

By Collin Binkley Jul. 11, 2020 12:24 AM EDT