Tracking stories Arizona State University would rather you scrolled past. Every item links to its original reporting.
Stories / Federal Probes
A new Visa Fraud Strike Team announced subpoenas to nine universities including ASU, alleging they lean on J-1 visas for federally funded research jobs at the expense of American researchers' wages.
ASU's side / contextASU says it hired in complete compliance with U.S. law. A local attorney quoted in the story notes paying J-1 researchers less is not in itself illegal.
International enrollment fell from about 14,000 to 11,000–11,500 this fall amid visa delays and denials. International students typically pay full out-of-state tuition, so the revenue impact is significant, though ASU hasn't published a figure.
The DOJ said viral undercover videos suggested ASU treated students differently by race and tried to hide it. The videos came from Accuracy in Media, a conservative group that secretly recorded ASU staff.
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights warned ASU and 59 other universities they could face enforcement action for failing to protect Jewish students under Title VI. ASU is among 55 schools under investigation or monitoring after complaints; the department did not detail the complaints against ASU.
