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2025

05/16/2025: Higher Ed. Community Urges Administration to Reforge Partnership
05/09/2025: Advocating for Imperiled Federal IE Programs
05/02/2025: Still Awaiting Official Policy on SEVIS Record Terminations
04/25/2025: Litigation Success on Behalf of International Students and Scholars
04/18/2025: Congress Turns up Pressure on DOS and DHS
04/11/2025: Standing up for International Students and Scholars Under Threat
04/04/2025: Add your Voice to Advocacy Day Policy Priorities
03/28/2025: International Students, Legal Issues, and Duty of Care
03/21/2025: Members of Congress Speak Up to Restore ECA Funding
03/14/2025: Education Department Staff Cuts Threaten IE and Foreign Language Programs
03/07/2025: Funding Freeze of ECA Programs Continues
02/28/2025: Speak up for Federal Funding for International Education and Exchange!
02/21/2025: State Department Changes In-Person Interview Waiver Policy
02/14/2025: NIH Funding Cuts and Gender X Passports
02/07/2025: Educate the New Congress on the Value of International Students
01/31/2025: NAFSA Addresses Alleged Abuses of U.S. Student Visa System
01/24/2025: Laken-Riley Passes the U.S. House of Representatives (Again)