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University World News\

HE leaders alarmed by Texas ban on skilled foreign workers

Students, some of whom are in the United States on visas (particularly those from traditionally under-represented communities like Latina/Latino Americans who are first-generation students), are feeling vulnerable, according to AAC&U President Lynn Pasquerella. These feelings are exacerbated by the continuing arrests by Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents, even of American citizens whose skin colour is taken to mean this person is not an American.

New York Times\

Texas Moves to Curtail Visas for Skilled Foreign Workers

Lynn Pasquerella, president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, said the political uncertainty created by Mr. Abbott’s move discourages global talent from choosing American schools. “Reductions in hiring could weaken research output, slow innovation and make Texas institutions less competitive nationally,” she said in an email, adding that Mr. Abbott’s move was “another example of government overreach.”

Past News Items

  • Higher Ed Dive \ January 27, 2026
    How College Leaders Decide When to Speak Out
    College presidents at the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ annual conference advised others to look to their mission as their North Star.
  • Fox News \ January 23, 2026
    95% of faculty say AI making students dangerously dependent on technology for learning: survey
    A new survey from the American Association of Colleges and Universities and Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center found that an overwhelming majority of college faculty are concerned that artificial intelligence is harming students’ critical thinking abilities.
  • Higher Ed Dive \ January 23, 2026
    The pace is relentless’: How college leaders are adapting to an increasingly hectic job
    “Leadership right now is not just demanding. It is cognitively and emotionally dense,” Francine Conway, chancellor of Rutgers University–New Brunswick, said Thursday at the American Association of Colleges and Universities′ annual conference in Washington, D.C. During a standing-room-only panel, Conway and other senior college officials offered attendees practical solutions to solving some of the most prosaic day-to-day challenges that can slow leaders — and their institutions — down.
  • Inside Higher Ed \ January 23, 2026
    Higher Ed Urged to ‘Stand Up’ to Government Attacks
    A free expression lawyer, a university system leader and a civil rights activist were unified in their call to higher ed leaders to “stand up” against violations of First Amendment rights and the stifling of free speech on campuses at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
  • University Business \ January 21, 2026
    Faculty worry there are several ways AI is harming students
    Most faculty members worry students’ overreliance on generative AI will come at the cost of their ability to think critically and other skills. Faculty also fear these tech tools will shorten students’ attention spans, erode academic integrity and lessen the value of college degrees, a new American Association of Colleges and Universities survey finds.
  • The EDU Ledger \ January 21, 2026
    Faculty Express Deep Concern Over AI's Impact on Higher Education
    "When more than nine in ten faculty warn that generative AI may weaken critical thinking and increase student overreliance, it is clear that higher education is at an inflection point," said Eddie Watson, Vice President for Digital Innovation at AAC&U.
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education \ January 21, 2026
    Faculty Are Overwhelmed and Conflicted by AI, Survey Shows
    Lynn Pasquerella, president of AAC&U, said she was not surprised that many instructors feel that their colleges provide too little support around AI. Given the number of challenges colleges face today, it’s easy for AI to fall off the list of most-pressing concerns.
  • Inside Higher Ed \ January 21, 2026
    Survey: Faculty Say AI Is Impactful—But Not in a Good Way
    Nine in 10 faculty members say that generative AI will diminish students’ critical thinking skills, and 95 percent say its impact will increase students’ overreliance on AI tools over time, according to a report out today from the American Association of Colleges and Universities and Elon University.
  • New York Magazine \ January 20, 2026
    What Is College for in the Age of AI?
    A study by the American Association of Colleges and Universities and Elon University found that fewer than half of college leaders say their campuses were ready to use AI to prepare students for the future.
  • Inside Higher Ed \ January 20, 2026
    4 Takeaways from Trump’s First Year in Office
    Notably, hundreds of higher ed leaders added their signatures to a letter from the American Association of Colleges and Universities condemning “unprecedented government overreach” in higher education.
  • University World News \ January 14, 2026
    Ban on Plato Readings Leaves Academics Asking Who’s Next
    Lynn Pasquarella, president of AAC&U, told University World News that “this case is a good illustration of how vague and overbroad policies can have a chilling effect or lead to overcompliance in which administrators err on the side of elimination rather than clarification.”
  • Nature \ January 14, 2026
    Six Steps to Protect Researchers’ Digital Security
    Academics around the world are increasingly under fire. In January 2025, the American Association of Colleges and Universities published a survey that found that 53% of US faculty members were worried that their work would make them targets of harassment.
  • The Hill \ January 7, 2026
    Advocates urge colleges to step up their fight against Trump
    “One of the lessons is that universities should invest in strong legal and policy teams and build contingency plans for sudden retaliatory shifts. I think last year many campus leaders thought if they kept their head down, mind their own business, that they wouldn’t be attacked. But that wasn’t the case,” said Lynn Pasquerella, president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

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