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Russia plans to increase the number of international students enrolled at universities to at least 500,000 by 2030, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decree that sets a national development goal signed after his presidential inauguration.

International students in California helped create 55,167 jobs in the 2022/23 academic year through spending at their higher education institutions, living expenses and other costs, according to a report from NASFA: Association of International Educators.

Columbia University said early on Monday it has canceled the university-wide commencement ceremony due to student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, said there were 52,000 Nigerian students' dependents in the United Kingdom in 2022, an increase of 50,500 from 2019, when there were only 1,500 dependents.

French police entered Paris’ Sciences Po University, one of the most prestigious universities in France, to remove students who took over the university’s building to protest against the war in Gaza.

Nearly 300 people have been arrested at Columbia University and City College of New York (CCNY) this Tuesday while protesting the war in Gaza, the New York Police Department said. More arrests took place at Fordham University on Wednesday.

Editor’s note: Christina Winston, a full-time public servant in the state of Arizona, shares her student loan story as part of Erudera’s “Degrees of Debt” series. The series delve into how student loan borrowers ended up in debt, efforts to overcome the struggle, triumphs, and more.

Fewer international students have chosen Bulgaria as their study abroad destination in the 2023/24 academic year compared to previous years, official figures have shown.

International students in Canada will be allowed to work off-campus for up to 24 hours per week starting this fall, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced today.

As of May 1, international students in Canada will no longer be allowed to work for more than 20 hours per week off-campus.