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Record 1.1 million international students in US, report finds

FILE - Students walk past the Thorne Hall at Occidental College campus in Los Angeles, July 27, 2023.
FILE - Students walk past the Thorne Hall at Occidental College campus in Los Angeles, July 27, 2023.

The U.S. has set a new record for international students, hosting more than 1.1 million students during the 2023-24 academic year, a new report says.

That's according to Boundless, which says its mission is "to empower every family to navigate the immigration system more confidently, rapidly and affordably."

Read the full story here. (November 2024)

Nigeria ranks No. 1 among African countries sending students to US

FILE - UCLA students celebrate during a commencement ceremony inside Pauley Pavilion on UCLA campus, in Los Angeles, June 14, 2024.
FILE - UCLA students celebrate during a commencement ceremony inside Pauley Pavilion on UCLA campus, in Los Angeles, June 14, 2024.

Nairametrics, an African news website, says that Nigeria has become the No. 1 African country sending students to the U.S.; worldwide, it's No. 7.

Read the story here. (November 2024)

International students face barriers in applying to Princeton, students say

FILE - The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is pictured at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ.
FILE - The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is pictured at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ.

International students face special challenges in applying to Princeton University, a story in The Daily Princetonian, the campus newspaper, says.

They include navigating Princeton's "holistic" immigration process.

Read the full story here. (November 2024)

International students at Amherst ponder visa concerns in Trump administration

FILE - US President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., Nov. 19, 2024 .
FILE - US President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., Nov. 19, 2024 .

International students at Amherst College talk about Donald Trump's upcoming U.S. presidency and what it might mean for them in this story from the student newspaper, The Amherst Student.

Specifically, they worry that the new president's administration might make it harder to get visas to study and work in the U.S.

Read the full story here. (November 2024)

Several students charged in hazing case at University of Alabama

FILE - The Autherine Lucy Clock Tower at the Malone Hood Plaza stands in front of Foster Auditorium on the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 16, 2019.
FILE - The Autherine Lucy Clock Tower at the Malone Hood Plaza stands in front of Foster Auditorium on the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 16, 2019.

Several students were accused in a reported fraternity hazing incident at the University of Alabama in which a pledge said he was shoved, stepped on and had things thrown at him, according to NBC News.

Four men, age 20 to 22, were charged with two counts of hazing at the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. NBC News reports that some of the actions were captured on video. (October 2024)

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