Foreign Students (in US)

What to Know About College Admissions Now That Affirmative Action Is Gone

Do extracurriculars help? How about being a guy? Getting into selective schools this year will look different. Here are a few answers to questions from readers.

America Should Open Its Arms to Chinese Students

The U.S. should view them not as a threat but as a critical source of the future thinkers who will help broker relations.

She’s at Brown. Her Heart’s Still in Kabul.

In their first year at U.S. universities, women who escaped the Taliban are struggling to adjust — and to reckon with what they left behind.

Money Alone Won’t Buy U.S. Tech Superiority

Semiconductor supremacy isn’t something we can buy. It’s something we must build.

Government to Cancel $6 Billion in Student Loans for Defrauded Borrowers

Around 200,000 who sought relief after attending schools that the Education Department said showed signs of “substantial misconduct” will have their federal student loans wiped out.