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State Week: International college students face an uncertain future

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Brian Mackey
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NPR Illinois

The Trump Administration is focusing on higher education, from freezing federal dollars to demanding the end of diversity programs. Now, the battle includes international students. Many have received notice their visas are being terminated and they face deportation.

In most instances, colleges and universities are unsure what to do about it. We discuss the impact this is having and what it could mean going forward.

Host Sean Crawford is joined by Professor Emeritus Charlie Wheeler. Our panel also features Molly Parker, a reporter with Capitol News Illinois and Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and Jackson Brandhorst, a student journalist with the Daily Egyptian and part of the Saluki Reporting Lab.

The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Veteran journalist Molly Parker joined Capitol News Illinois in July 2023 as an investigative reporter.
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