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#College students see F-1 visas canceled in new #Trump tactic

« …school officials say the govt is quietly deleting foreign student records instead of going thru colleges, as done in the past.

Students are being ordered to leave the country with a suddenness that universities have rarely seen.

In the past, when int’l students had entry visas revoked, they could keep legal residency. »

apnews.com/article/college-int

Students walk on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas., Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
AP News · Colleges' international students see F-1 visas canceled in new Trump administration tacticBy Collin Binkley

🔴 🖋️ **We Need to Do Something About Student Writing**

Liza Libes

“_Most of my students, of course, are not training to create the next Great American Novel. Most of my students will continue on to secure professions in tech, medicine, law, or business. But every one of these students will benefit from good communication skills—and every one of these students is currently being failed by an education system that deemphasizes reading and writing._”

🔗 mindingthecampus.org/2025/03/3

#Univeristy #College #Education #Learning #Reading #Writing #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon

Minding The Campus · We Need to Do Something About Student Writing — Minding The CampusFor the past decade or so, I have worked with students to help them prepare essays for applications to America’s top colleges and universities. Many of my students have historically matriculated to Ivy League and other top-tier universities, and every year, we continue to send a handful of Invictus Prep students to America’s most coveted […]

Is #College Still Worth It Economically?
Yes—but who benefits most is constantly changing
In 2023, the last year for which data is available, 25- to 34-year-olds with a bachelor’s degree earned exactly 200%—or twice as much—as people from the same cohort without one did. That’s a nice chunk of change, sure, but as more of the population earns a degree, that premium is getting smaller. In 1960 young adults with a degree saw the premium in their earning power peak at 237%.
bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-co

Cluster scientist spotlight!

Maura Hahnenberger, Ph D, Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, #SaltLake Community #College

What do you study for DUST^2? Why is this important?

"I lead the atmospheric dust transport part of DUST^2, which includes figuring out where dust is coming from, what weather conditions make it move, and how it impacts air quality where people live."

Read Maura's work: bit.ly/3NNsawn

More spotlights: bit.ly/4huMS0U

🔴 **The Average College Student Is Illiterate**

Hilarius Bookbinder

“_I’m not saying our students just prefer genre books or graphic novels or whatever. No, our average graduate literally could not read a serious adult novel cover-to-cover and understand what they read. They just couldn’t do it. They don’t have the desire to try, the vocabulary to grasp what they read, and most certainly not the attention span to finish._”

🔗 persuasion.community/p/the-ave

#Reading #Books #Bookstodon #College #University #Student #Education #Illiteracy @bookstodon

Persuasion · The Average College Student Is IlliterateBy Hilarius Bookbinder