2020-07-07 00:00:00, By Miriam Jordan, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Dan Levin, New York Times
Content Categorization
/Jobs & Education/Education/Colleges & Universities
/Law & Government/Government/Visa & Immigration
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1552
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27
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10.35 min
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Adept
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13th to 15th
But the concern that their campuses could become coronavirus clusters has prompted many universities to adopt measures to reduce exposure, from requiring masks in classrooms to limiting social activities to reducing the number of students invited back to campus.
On Wednesday, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which also plans mostly online classes, sued the administration in federal court, saying the directive would prevent many of their international students from remaining in the country while studying online.
The financial repercussions to institutions are potentially very traumatic," said Daniel J. Hurley, chief executive of the Michigan Association of State Universities, which represents the state's public universities.
Together with delays in processing visas as a result of the pandemic, immigrant advocates say the new rules, which must still be finalized this month, might discourage many overseas students from attending American universities, where they often pay full tuition."
International students whose universities are not planning in-person classes – which is currently the case at schools including the University of Southern California and Harvard – would be required to return to their home countries if they are already in the United States.
Keywords
ICE, Visas, College, Coronavirus Reopenings, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Foreign students in the US
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