US institutions that were barred from using commission-based agents to recruit international students are permitted to do so after an amendment was signed.

Education organisations in the US are urging the government to develop a strategy to increase international enrolment and exchanges to pre-Covid levels.

US stakeholders are appealing to the government to allow international students without access to WHO-approved vaccines to be able to arrive in the US.

US education stakeholders are concerned that a law passed in June will have an unintended consequence of banning the payment of commissions to international education agents.

A US presidential proclamation that bans thousands of Chinese graduate students from entering the country contains “overly broad criteria”.

International students coming to the US this fall are facing a confusing picture around vaccine mandates, with some needing additional jabs.

Stakeholders are seeking clarification on whether continuing international students will be allowed to enter the US as part of the NIE.

Centralised info would be welcome, says a student advocacy body, for international students headed to the US regarding vaccine requirements at universities. Rules vary according to region or institution profile.