Cracks appear in the American education dream

An anti-immigrant sentiment alongside a crackdown on ‘wokeism’ in the US coincides with the Big Four of foreign education starting to shut the gates. For Indian students looking to go abroad, these are the worst of times.

12 April, 20259 min
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