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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Emory, he created over 100 internal and external initiatives, recruiting plans that targeted under-represented and international students. Applications from under-represented students increased by 10% during his first academic year.

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Senate Democrats Challenge Administration on International Student Visa Revocations

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Senator Alex Padilla A group of 36 Democratic senators is pressing the Trump administration to reconsider its recent actions revoking international student visas and terminating Student Exchange and Visitor Information System (SEVIS) records, calling the moves potentially unlawful.

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Report: Students Studying Abroad Makes Rebound

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Department of State-sponsored Open Doors 2023 Report on International Educational Exchange – released Nov. students studying abroad and international student enrollment, illustrating how both are seemingly on the rise after significantly declining amid the pandemic. citizens and permanent residents, students from U.S.

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First-Time Graduate Enrollment Rises, But Declines Domestically

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Graduate school first-time enrollment has gone up between Fall 2020 and Fall 2021, according to a new report. Dr. Enyu Zhou The Graduate Enrollment and Degrees (GE&D) report – released by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) – showed that, between Fall 2020 to Fall 2021, first-time enrollment rose by 8.9%.

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Report: Graduate Enrollment is on the Decline

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Overall first-time graduate enrollment fell almost 5% from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022, along with decreases in first-time enrollment among underrepresented minorities (URM), according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). The number of students enrolling part-time decreased by 6.9% from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022.

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Report: Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Internationalization

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The report found that although 47% of institutions saw accelerating internationalization between 2017 and the start of the pandemic, only 21% described acceleration between 2020 and 2021. Meanwhile, as campuses emptied, international students had to remain. Some of them wanted to stay.” They couldn’t go home,” said Garfunkel.

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Study Shows Increase in International Graduate Student Enrollment

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Dr. Suzanne Ortega Survey data between Fall 2021 and Fall 2022 shows that there was a 26% increase in the total number of international graduate applications received by U.S. Ortega, president of CGS, noted that this increase in international graduate students calls for institutional sensitivity to best serve these students.