The rescissions appear to target pots of funding that have the weakest constituencies on Capitol Hill, including $25 million of $52 million appropriated for migrant students.

The first skill I learned as a professor was how to quiet a room full of chatty undergraduates. These days, I often walk into a silent room, with students staring at their phones and barely acknowledging the classmates beside them.

The institutions that will thrive over the next decade won't necessarily be the ones with the biggest international recruitment budgets. They'll be the ones that build trusted global networks.

A text message from a virtual assistant offered a critical hand for young students juggling coursework, new responsibilities and the challenges of living on their own.