. . . . Zooze the Horse: March 2026

Thursday, March 26, 2026

He Had a Full Ride at Duke—Until America Cut Him Off [ WSJ ]

The flava:

As a boy, Majok Bior escaped a country engulfed in war. As a gifted student, he won a full scholarship to Duke University and looked toward a dazzling future.

Bior studied computer science at the North Carolina campus during his freshman year and was a winger on an intramural soccer team. After finishing the fall semester of his sophomore year, Bior returned to Uganda for winter break. He played chess with friends and recounted the brutal winters and demands of chemistry class.

Then President Trump began to ban students from Africa, starting with South Sudan where Bior was born. He hasn’t returned to campus since.

“You must not attempt to use your visa as it has been invalidated,” said the email Bior received last year in April from the State Department. He tried the U.S. Embassy, and the consular officer told him his visa application was on indefinite hold. . . .

The article:

https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/student-visas-africa-trump-19de038b

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

The Cost of Shared Governance with Brian Rosenberg, PhD [ Getting Down to College Business ]

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Faster, thinner: Colleges are swiftly trimming a B.A. degree to three years [ Hechinger Report ]

The flava:

Quinn McDonald planned to spend the typical four years working toward a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Then he heard about a place where he could get the same degree in three.

“It was the idea of being able to save a year” that grabbed his attention, said McDonald — a savings of not only time, but tuition. And he could start earning a salary faster than if he spent four years in college.

So, last fall, McDonald joined the inaugural class of one of the nation’s first in-person programs approved to award bachelor’s degrees with fewer than the usual 120 credits, at Johnson & Wales University. He’ll need only 90 credits, putting him on track to graduate in 2028, after three years instead of the usual four or more. . . .

The article:

https://hechingerreport.org/faster-thinner-colleges-bachelors-degree-three-years/

Monday, March 16, 2026

Americans Love Everything About This Scottish University—Except All the Americans [ WSJ ]

The flava:

Holly Govan left New York ready for an adventure abroad at the University of St Andrews in a cobblestone-street town 3,000 miles from home.

Instead, the Upper East Sider got paired with a roommate from lower Manhattan.

“Practically every person you hear sounds American,” Govan says. “You think you’re coming to get this Scottish or international experience, and there’s just so many Americans.”

The picturesque Scottish university, once the secret of private-school students from the East Coast, now boasts a student body that is about 20% American. With more than 2,200 American students, it beat even Oxford for the highest number of U.S. university expats last year, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency. . . .

The article:

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/americans-love-everything-about-this-scottish-universityexcept-all-the-americans-ec45cb63