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Thursday, August 28, 2025

Straws in the Wind - Part 84

From Inside Higher Ed: The State Department has revoked 6,000 student visas so far this year, Fox News reported along with The Washington Post. Of that group, 4,000 were revoked due to crimes, including assault, driving under the influence and burglary. However, a department spokesperson told the Post that the students whose visas had been revoked “either faced arrest or charges,” but the spokesperson didn’t specify whether they were convicted.

The spokesperson also said that between 200 and 300 visas were revoked due to “support for terrorism.” President Donald Trump has previously labeled pro-Palestinian student protesters as terrorist sympathizers and has targeted international students over their pro-Palestinian activism. The Post article does not address whether these students will have to stop their studies and leave the U.S. A visa—the stamp that permits an individual to enter the U.S.—is different from one’s nonimmigrant status, which refers to whether they are lawfully in the country...

Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/08/20/6000-student-visas-revoked.

From the NY Times: The Trump administration is backing away from a program that steers millions of dollars to universities that serve large numbers of Hispanic students. Federal officials said... that they would not contest a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Hispanic-serving institution program, which supports colleges where at least 25 percent of the undergraduates are Hispanic. The program was challenged in federal court in Tennessee in June by Students for Fair Admissions, the group that successfully pushed the Supreme Court to ban race-conscious college admissions, and by the state of Tennessee. They argued that the 25-percent threshold of Hispanic students was an illegal quota.Tennessee also argued that several of its public colleges and universities were being unfairly deprived of millions of dollars in funding because they did not meet the 25-percent threshold...

Full story at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/education-department-hispanic-serving-universities.html.

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