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Generation Z is often labelled as one of the most “entitled” generations. They are frequently sobriqueted with names such as “too sensitive,” “too impatient,” and overly accustomed to accommodation. It is a charge echoed by employers, older academics, and cultural critics alike. But here is the uncomfortable truth now surfacing: universities themselves are lightening academic…
Students applying to college are told they cannot use artificial intelligence tools to write their essays or personal statements. It is therefore a striking shift that some United States colleges are now using AI to read and score them. What began as scattered experimentation is quietly turning into a significant change in how admissions offices…
Visa restrictions cause 17% decline in US international student numbers, impacting economy significantly New international student enrolment at US colleges fell sharply this fall, potentially costing the economy nearly $1 billion, according to multiple reports. The decline comes amid ongoing visa restrictions and changes in government policies affecting foreign students.The fall 2025 semester saw a…
US and Canadian colleges report sharp drops in international students this fall: Here’s why NAFSA survey cites visas. (AI Image) New international undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) enrolment has declined sharply in the United States and Canada this fall, according to a recent NAFSA survey. The study, conducted in October and involving 461 institutions across…
Visa delays have become the central constraint shaping international admissions to the United States. According to the Open Doors 2025 report and its accompanying institutional survey, 96% of colleges identified visa denials and processing delays as the primary reason for declining new enrolments in the 2025-26 cycle. Travel restrictions were the second major factor, cited…
Colleges in the United states announced more than 850 job cuts last month, reflecting the mounting financial pressures across the sector. Institutions large and small, private and public, are confronting a perfect storm of declining enrolments, rising operating costs, and disruptions to federal research funding. Even universities with multi-billion-dollar endowments, such as Harvard and the…
Americans increasingly expect universities to engage beyond teaching and research, taking active roles in addressing societal issues such as sustainability, free speech, and health, according to a new study by Cornell University, as cited by the Cornell Chronicle, the newspaper published by the university. At the same time, the public clearly draws the line at…
Christopher Quire poses for a portrait Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Princeton, N.J. (AP Photo) Black student enrollment at many of the nation’s most selective colleges has dropped sharply in the two years following the Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action in admissions, an Associated Press analysis finds. On several campuses, Black students now represent…
President Donald Trump has long criticized the nation’s elite universities, labeling some as anti-American and dismissing campus leaders as “Marxist maniacs and lunatics.” His administration has also withheld billions of dollars in federal research funding to pressure colleges into aligning with his political priorities.These aggressive measures are now complicating the administration’s efforts to implement large-scale…
On September 10, 2025, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot at Utah Valley University, a shocking act that reverberated far beyond the campus where it occurred. His assassination sent waves through politics, and the media, but nowhere has the impact been more immediate or fraught than on America’s college campuses. In the days that followed,…
