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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 09/09/2026

Initial government data shows this fall will be a tough one for international student enrollment. 50,000 fewer international students held an active SEVIS status in August, compared to the year prior me (the final one) for @nbcnews.com nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

This is a column chart showing the year-over-year change in the number of international students studying in the U.S. From January 2025, international enrollment has declined, with more than 50,000 fewer international students at U.S. colleges and universities between August 2025 and August 2026, the largest such decline in the months shown. Atop the chart is the text "A year-over-year comparison of active-status international students for each month since 2025 shows a growing drop."

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 17/12/2025

Trump's June travel ban restricted access for foreign nationals of 19 countries, which international education folks warned could hurt enrollment. Some initial data scraping by moi from last December to now implies some of that may be true

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 03/12/2025

at least i can always count on our event photographers to capture and publish the worst photos of me speaking

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 12/11/2025

UNL rolled out (what I'm assuming is) Edsight's AI chatbot for student retention data last week and it's... not going well, per the Daily Nebraskan www.dailynebraskan.com/news/unl-stu...

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 15/10/2025

submitting four cover letters for my career counselor to review during our 30 minute time slot

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 23/09/2025

Keeping tabs on international student enrollment for the fall, spoiler alert, it looks mostly bad for @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 26/08/2025

back on my map bullshit Tracking swatting calls so far this fall with @emmawhitford.bsky.social for @insidehighered.com, read her reporting thus far here: www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 05/08/2025

Data modeling from @nafsa-official.bsky.social predicts a 15% drop in international student enrollment this fall, based on recent changes to visa issuance and student entry into the U.S. From me for @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 17/07/2025

Student visa issuance numbers are down YoY, per May data from the State Department, with a 22% drop in F-1 visas and 13% drop in J-1 visas Read more here: www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 29/06/2025

Excited to be at NASPA’s student success conference in Denver, if you’re around come find me!

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 11/06/2025

a sassy footnote in a chart? by me??? noooooo, never @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 14/05/2025

Milwaukee Area Technical College student captures photo of chair on fire in the student center but all I could think of was the meme www.tmj4.com/news/milwauk...

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 01/05/2025

Happy mental health awareness month

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 24/04/2025

more data from the team at @insidehighered.com on international student visas, an up-to-date as of yesterday list of on-going lawsuits www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 23/04/2025

1,818 students from 280+ colleges and universities (not included in the screenshot is UCF, which confirmed 15 students to me earlier this afternoon) @insidehighered.com

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 23/04/2025

reading through a lawsuit regarding international student SEVIS status changes and found this piece of my own reporting

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 17/04/2025

1,489-ish student visas revoked. www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 11/04/2025

Up to 795 students who have had their visa revoked due to political activism, previous crimes or unidentified reasons. Follow the latest updates here: www.insidehighered.com/news/global/... @insidehighered.com

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 10/04/2025

The only way to check in on me actually

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 08/04/2025

A more updated picture, I swear I have University of Washington on here guys, don't worry. That's home.

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 03/04/2025

Spending the morning at “Celebrating & Accelerating Attainment” hosted by the Lumina Foundation, IHEP, Gates Foundation, Strada, et al

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 02/04/2025

Working through some data (yay!) and found this chart super interesting. Over the past decade, students have spent less time helping their peers with course content, reaching new lows in 2022-23. I'm not a researcher so I can't draw conclusions, but it made me kinda sad.

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 07/02/2025

i'm actually a really good journalist

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 04/02/2025

cc'd on an email connecting me with people i didn't know i was supposed to connect with

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 17/01/2025

Another Friday alone in the office and yet I’m still somehow left with cleaning out the coffee machine

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 15/01/2025

Research from NSC finds, maybe unsurprisingly, retention is a no.1 predictor in a student's timely completion of an associate degree. For bachelor's, it's GPA. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 21/11/2024

In a session on messaging, Bobbi Gentry from BC Votes, shares that talking about elections and voting isn’t always fun, so help students feel comfortable talking about civic engagement can help reach learners. The campus used cowbell swag (yes really) to reach some students.

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Ashley Mowreader @amowreader.com · 21/11/2024

Spending the morning at UMD in College Park with Students Learn, Students Vote for the National Student Voting Summit. Super excited to learn from these young leaders and how they’re engaging their campus community

Four people sit on a stage in a large ballroom, in front of a background that says “students learn, students vote”

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