Global: A Move Toward Paying College Athletes Could Leave International Students Behind

International students can work on campus but wouldn’t be able to profit from their name, image, and likeness as athletes. ETS_GradStudentPipeline_KT_GB_Header [logo] Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Please sign up to receive your own copy.]( You’ll support our journalism and ensure that you continue to receive our emails. [Read this newsletter on the web](. First Thought Insights drawn weekly from Karin Fischer’s global-education newsletter, latitude(s). [Subscribe here](. The U.S. Supreme Court [ruled]( last week that the NCAA could not block certain education-related payments to college athletes. And on Thursday, laws will take effect in a half-dozen states that will allow college athletes to earn money from endorsement deals, autographs, and appearances. What does this have to do with international education? In the shift toward compensating college athletes — many experts think the Supreme Court may have signaled in its unanimous decision that it was open to a head-on challenge to the NCAA’s ban on paying students for their participation in sports — one group could be left behind: international students. That’s because visa rules prevent international students from making significant income while studying in the United States and restrict them to working on campus. (There is a narrow exception if the work is related to their academic study.) In fact, they must promise in their visa applications that they are only coming to the United States for an education, not for employment. As a result, international students can work in the dining hall or campus bookstore — but wouldn’t be permitted to profit from their “name, image, and likeness” by appearing at a soccer clinic or autograph signing, as the new laws allow. [Read more from Karin in this week’s latitude(s)](. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( The Reading List - A state budget bill would [limit the number of international and out-of-state students]( at the University of California’s campuses in Berkeley, Los Angeles, and San Diego to make way for more state residents. - A juror in [the case of Anming Hu]( accused by prosecutors of hiding his ties to China, was so upset at the government’s treatment of the former University of Tennessee scientist that she donated to a GoFundMe to help pay his legal fees. His case ended in a mistrial. - Younger Indian students are [more bullish on the U.S.]( while their older counterparts may consider multiple international-study destinations, according to new research from Intead. Featured on Chronicle.com “The last bastion of universal cooperation is learning, but there’s been a rise of a kind of exclusionary nationalism, and not just here in America. There are great concerns about ‘foreign influence.’ There’s a sort of an anticosmopolitan sensibility.” —Leon Botstein, the longtime president of Bard College, on the college’s designation as an “undesirable” organization by the Russian government, which prevents all activity and operations by Bard in the country. Read the interview with Botstein in The Chronicle: “[Bard President Is ‘Heartbroken’ About Russian Blacklisting]( Subscribe to The Chronicle The Chronicle’s award-winning journalism challenges conventional wisdom, holds academic leaders accountable, and empowers you to do your job better — and it’s your support that makes our work possible. [Subscribe Today]( EXTREMISM ON CAMPUS [The Far Right’s College Crusade]( By Eric Kelderman [image] How extremists are infiltrating — and fracturing — campus Republican groups. 'RIVEN BY DISCORD' [At UNC, the Damage Is Done]( By Sarah Brown [image] No matter what happens to Nikole Hannah-Jones’s tenure, people of color have lost trust in Chapel Hill. Paid for and Created by Iowa State University [Innovating the education of innovators]( Promoting a mindset and a worldview for those who want to endeavor beyond the traditional boundaries of education, learn how faculty and students are collaborating and applying innovative solutions to solve global challenges. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( Job Announcement Multiple Faculty and Staff Positions at SUNY Maritime College. [Visit jobs.chronicle.com]( for more details. Paid for and Created by Pitney Bowes [Is your campus mail center prepared for the looming package avalanche?]( Can your campus services accommodate the increase in package delivery to students? Check out how Haverford College has created a system to delivery student packages quickly. Job Opportunities [Search the Chronicle's jobs database]( to view the latest jobs in higher education. What did you think of today’s newsletter? [Strongly disliked]( // [It was OK]( // [Loved it](. [logo]( This newsletter was sent to {EMAIL}. [Manage]( your newsletter preferences, [stop receiving]( this email, or [view]( our privacy policy. © 2021 [The Chronicle of Higher Education]( 1255 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037