MPR News with Angela Davis

What new limits on international students mean for Minnesota

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Students walk in the Northrop Mall at the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis on Sept. 6, 2024.
Sophia Marschall | MPR News 2024

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is extending to people who want to study at colleges and universities in the U.S.

MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about how halting interviews for new student visa applications and banning travel from some countries could affect higher education in Minnesota. 

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Shahzad Ahmad (left), associate vice president for Global and Multicultural Engagement at St. Cloud State University, and Scott Olson, chancellor of Minnesota State, the fourth largest system of state colleges and universities in the U.S. and the largest in Minnesota, pose for a portrait in the Kling Public Media Center in St. Paul on Thursday.
Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News

Guests:

  • Shahzad Ahmad is associate vice president for global and multicultural engagement at St. Cloud State University

  • Scott Olson is the chancellor of Minnesota State — the fourth largest system of state colleges and universities in the U.S. and the largest in Minnesota. He was president of Winona State University from 2012–2023. Before that, he was provost and vice president for academic and student affairs at Minnesota State University Mankato. 

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