Ramon Montiel-García, a newly minted high school graduate from Denver, was accepted to his first-choice school, Wheaton College in Massachusetts. However, with a sticker price of nearly $80,000 per year, he needed financial aid to bring the cost down.

If the system receives the state funding increase it requested, tuition will stay frozen for the seventh consecutive year. The ongoing rate has been $7,716 per year.

Applications for sponsored study visas have fallen by 28%, suggesting the visa restrictions applied by the previous government continue to hamper recruitment. The Home Office received 28,200 applications last month, compared with 38,900 in June 2023.

At a time when productive communication often seems hard to achieve, campuses have a unique opportunity to move beyond good intentions and embrace a proactive, inclusive approach tailored to meet the needs of our students.