Resources for Foreign Scholars

American Council on Education

“​​​​The American Council on Education (ACE) is a membership organization that leads higher education with a united vision for the future. We galvanize our members to make change and we collaborate across the sector to design solutions for today’s challenges, serve the needs of a diverse student population, and shape effective public policy. As the major coordinating body for the nation’s colleges and universities, our strength lies in our diverse membership of more than 1,600 colleges and universities, related associations, and other organizations in the United States and abroad. ACE is the only major higher education association to represent all types of U.S. accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities. Our members educate two out of every three students in all accredited, degree-granting U.S. institutions.”

• Higher Education & The Trump Administration
• Immigration and International Students

 

American Immigration Lawyers Association

“Founded in 1946, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, voluntary bar association that provides continuing legal education, professional services, information, and expertise to more than 16,000 attorneys who practice and teach immigration law.”

• Advocacy Tools
• Immigration News

 

Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, AAUP

“Increasingly, academic freedom is being threatened from a whole host of directions. Politicians in many states have passed laws banning the teaching of certain “concepts” and shuttering DEI offices. Partisan interests, media outlets, congressional committees, and online trolls have targeted faculty for their teaching, research, and public speech. Some faculty face relentless harassment. These attacks can result in faculty being sanctioned, even fired. This guide offers a collection of resources designed to help faculty, and their supporters, respond to these challenges.”

• Academic Freedom Field Guide

 

Committee on Human Rights, National Academies

“The Committee on Human Rights (CHR) serves as a bridge between the human rights and scientific, engineering, and medical communities to advance human welfare and dignity worldwide.”

• Resources for Researchers and Scholars under Threat in the United States

 

Council of Graduate Schools

“The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) is a nonprofit higher education organization with headquarters in Washington, DC. Its mission is to advance graduate education and research. Its main activities consist of best practice initiatives, data analysis, advocacy, and global engagement.”

• Advocacy Toolkit on International Graduate Students and OPT

 

Faculty First Responders

“Faculty First Responders (FFR) is a small mutual aid organization focused on direct action to defend and expand academic freedom. We provide support and resources for higher education workers and students attacked in the right-wing media ecosystem.”

 

Higher Ed Immigration Portal

“An initiative by the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration. A digital platform that integrates data, policies, and resources about DACA and undocumented, refugee, other immigrant, and international students to support federal immigration reform, fuel change at the state and campus level, and build a diverse movement of partners and stakeholders advocating alongside these students.”

• Rights & Protections Hub: Guidance for Institutions and Immigrant Students

 

NAFSA: Association of International Educators

“International education is the cornerstone for building a more understanding and peaceful world. NAFSA serves the needs of more than 10,000 members and international educators worldwide and is the leading organization committed to international education and exchange, working to advance policies and practices that build global citizens with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in today's interconnected world.”

• Current US Administration

 

Presidents’ Alliance

“Presidents’ Alliance [is] an alliance of American college and university leaders dedicated to increasing public understanding of how immigration policies and practices impact our students, campuses and communities. We support policies that create a welcoming environment for immigrant, undocumented and international students on our campuses.”

• Resources on Higher Education and Immigration

 

Researcher Support Consortium

“Researcher Support Consortium: The resources and guidance on this website were compiled by a group of researchers who have extensive experience supporting colleagues who have faced coordinated campaigns of intimidation and harassment in response to their important public-facing work. We have faced such campaigns ourselves and, after receiving little support from our universities, we began studying both existing and needed forms of institutional support. We support individual researchers but also work with universities and funders about the tools and mechanisms they can put in place to address this occupational hazard.”

• “Researchers Facing Campaigns of Intimidation and Harassment Are Often Left to Fend for Themselves. They Need Your Support.”
• Researchers: Mitigate Risk and Cope During an Attack
• There Are More and More Avenues of Support for Researchers Facing Coordinated Campaigns of Intimidation and Harassment. We’ve Compiled Many of Them for You Here.
• “Toolkit for Institutions”

 

Scholars at Risk

“Scholars at Risk (SAR) is an international network of higher education institutions and individuals dedicated to protecting threatened scholars, preventing attacks on higher education, and promoting academic freedom and related values worldwide.”

• Academic Freedom Media Review: US Bulletin
• Get Help
• Get Involved

The AHA is a member of the Scholars at Risk network.