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"July 6, 2020 — Attending an online-only university  International students will not be granted visas to study in the U.S. if their university opts to hold classes entirely online this fall. According to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement website, foreign students will not be allowed to enter the U.S. if they plan to take a full course load online. Non-Americans currently in the U.S. planning to take a full course load online are asked to depart the country or transfer to a college with in-person instruction.    What does this mean? U.S. universities depending on foreign students' enrollment have already protested this new policy. Cash-strapped colleges will lose another meaningful contributor to revenue. Waitlisted domestic students may be considered to take the barred international students' spots.    Read more here.  July 10, 2020 — Trinity College Dublin  The prestigious Irish university received nearly 43k applications. A university representative attributed the increase to the popularity of a hit U.K. television show called \"Normal People,\" depicting two lovers who attend the institution in the nation's capital, as well as the cancellation of end-of-high school exams in Ireland. This allowed applicants to use predicted grades to apply, instead of actual earned grades.    What does this mean? While many U.S. colleges see declining apps, at least one higher ed institution across the pond like Trinity College is seeing more interest. Sick of the murkiness of U.S. college admissions, more U.S. high schoolers may consider affordable university degrees abroad.    Read more here.  July 6, 2020 — Stanford and USC  Stanford said this about their legacy policy: \"However, some applicants’ files may contain a notation about their family’s giving. In the large majority of these cases, the parents of the applicants are also graduates of Stanford.\" Nearly 18% of Stanford's Class of '23 held legacy or donor statuses. USC's policy sounds similar: \"In some instances, a special interest tag may be issued because a student’s family has a longstanding relationship with, has donated to, or has the capacity to donate to the university.\" Nearly 25% of the Class of '23, including transfers, held legacy or donor statuses.    What does this mean? The California law asking universities to document legacy admissions should make universities think twice before accepting less qualified but wealthier applicants. Colleges will still, however, try to draw attention away from legacy acceptance rates and toward low-income, first-generation acceptance rates.    Read more here."
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