Kurt Carapazza

The warning came after Iranian news sites reported two universities in their country were hit by U.S.

strikes.

American satellite campuses in the Gulf region include Boston's Halt International Business School in Dubai.

About 20 percent of Halt students are enrolled there.

A spokesperson for the school says classes there have moved online in accordance with rules issued by the United Arab Emirates.

Former Tufts dean and retired Navy Admiral James Stavridis says if he lit a school in the Gulf, he'd suspend operations and move students back to the U.S.

or Europe.

For NPR News, I'm Kurt Carapazza in Boston.

In a statement, Education Secretary Linda McMahon says, quote, American colleges and universities should be focused on teaching, learning, and research, not influencing elections.

Tufts declined to comment, but says it's received the department's letter and is reviewing it.

Lynn Pasquarella is president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

She says what's unusual here isn't government oversight.

Conservatives defending the investigation say the Biden administration funded voter outreach efforts run by explicitly left-wing groups.

For NPR News, I'm Kurt Carapazza in Boston.

I eat chocolate right before I skate.

The survey of 800 colleges shows the number of international students enrolling at U.S.

colleges for the first time is down 17 percent.

Professor Gerardo Blanco directs Boston College's Center for International Higher Education.

He attributes that decline to a shift in policy and tone coming from the White House.

The loss is a major blow to schools that depend on international students to offset declining domestic enrollment and dwindling tuition dollars.