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By Kaia Yalamanchili | August 30The announcement comes just days before incoming students walk through the Van Wickle Gates for convocation, and less than a week before classes for begin for the 2025-26 academic year.
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By Kaia Yalamanchili | August 28The challenges come amid a variety of new obstacles that the Trump administration has put in place for international students seeking to study in the U.S.
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August 21The Trump administration’s agreements with Brown and Columbia are very similar, multiple higher education experts told The Herald. Courtesy of Michel Alexandre Salim via Wikimedia Commons (Left). Courtesy of Ajay Suresh via Wikimedia Commons (Center). By Kaia Yalamanchili / The Herald (Right)