Yale and Cornell are among the universities cautioning foreign students against international travel, while students from mixed-status families have new concerns about their FAFSA data.

A new law taking effect Jan. 1, enacted as SB 1348, creates the first official Black-Serving Institution designation in the country. The designation will be given to qualifying colleges that vow to take a more aggressive approach to address California's systemic obstacles that have kept Black students at the lowest college-going and graduation rates.

The 2023-24 school year saw more international students in the United States than ever before but experts say those increases could once again be threatened under the incoming Trump administration.