International Enrollment Management

Admission and Placement of International Students and Scholars

Contributing to Comprehensive Internationalization

English as a Second Language Program Administration

Preparing International Student and Scholars for Study in the United States

Recruiting International Students and Scholars

Town Hall: Public Health and International Education – What's Now and What's Next

International educators have had to quickly adjust and shift to a different environment to support their students and scholars and manage expectations due to the impact of COVID-19. This Town Hall features a public health expert and an IIE researcher alongside seasoned international educators. The

Suguru Fujiwara

Executive Order: Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities

March 24, 2025

Executive Order 14242 of March 20, 2025: Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities Read the executive order on whitehouse.gov Federal Register cite: scheduled for publication on March 25, 2025 Read a White House Fact Sheet on the executive order Stated purpose This

U.S. Visa Interview Wait Times

March 11, 2025

Visa Interview Wait Time Info No Longer Available on DOS Web Pages Two actions have rendered visa interview wait time information no longer available on the travel.state.gov website. First, the DOS Global Visa Wait Times page had not been updated since January 7, 2025, and on March 7, 2025 was

Travel Bans and Restrictions

March 16, 2025

Shortlink to this page: www.nafsa.org/travelbans Statutory Bases for Travel Bans and Restrictions A number of long-standing statutory provisions in the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) give wide discretion to the President, and sometimes the Secretary of a Federal agency, to suspend or

Recruitment Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa

The IEM KC and the Africa SIG partner to discuss current recruiting trends for Sub-Saharan Africa. Join EducationUSA Regional Managers (REACs) Diane Weisz Young and Lisa Maroni; Phil Agbeko, CEO of Hilltop Global Group; and Stephen Appiah-Padi, Director, Office of Global and Off-campus Education at

Executive Order: Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship

March 14, 2025

Executive Order 14160 of January 20, 2025, Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship. Read: Executive Order 14160 on whitehouse.gov Executive Order 14160 as published in the Federal Register at 90 FR 8449 (January 29, 2025) Status: Subject to nationwide preliminary injunctions

Executive Order: Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism

March 20, 2025

On January 29, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14188 titled Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism. "This order reaffirms Executive Order 13899 and directs additional measures to advance the policy thereof in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7, 2023, against the

OMB Memorandum on Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs

January 31, 2025

A January 27, 2025 memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) required "Federal agencies to identify and review all Federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with the President’s policies and requirements," and to suspend distribution of this funding

The Trump Administration Regulatory Freeze Memorandum

January 28, 2025

Access the Presidential Memorandum titled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review (January 20, 2025): On whitehouse.gov | Federal Register cite: 90 FR 8249 (January 28, 2025) Among other things, this memorandum instructs all agencies: "(1) Do not propose or issue any rule in any manner, including by