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Data and research show that access to college coursework while in high school increases college enrollment, improves academic performance, and strengthens graduation rates.
Yet undocumented students, often called Dreamers, are too often excluded from such coursework, particularly dual enrollment. This lack of access is just one of the persistent barriers that immigrant students encounter in their pursuit of higher education and career success.

International enrollments at American colleges rebounded strongly in the 2022-23 academic year, increasing 12 percent. It's the largest single-year growth in more than four decades.
International students may be more important to American higher education now than at any other time. Their presence on campus exposes their American classmates to different cultures and perspectives, a crucial skill for navigating a global workplace.

Hoping to entice more non-English speakers to enroll in community college, California is making it easier for those students to take courses in their native language.
A new law will allow community colleges to offer courses in languages other than English without requiring students to enroll in ESL. Community college officials think it could be a game-changer for potential students who might otherwise be discouraged from enrolling or staying in college because of the ESL requirement.

For high school students in search of a career pathway that combines the challenges of building a floating city with the difficulty of launching a rocket into space, there’s a relatively little-known college major that might fit the bill—naval architecture.
Naval architecture graduates earn approximately $100,000 a few years after college. So why are programs struggling to attract students?

The University of Iowa is the first institution in the Big 10—and possibly in the nation—to hire a mental health counselor specifically to serve military-connected students.
In this interview, Chuck Xander talks about his background in the military and in the mental health profession, his passion for working with veterans, and why additional mental health supports are needed for student veterans and military-connected learners.

It didn't take long after the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel for demonstrations on U.S. college campuses that began as vigils to devolve into vitriol and violence. In response, schools across the nation have now begun beefing up security and setting up task forces to deal with antisemitism.
But for many, it's not enough.