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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have they provided *any* rationale for this, other than just being dickwipes? [/quote]

Yes -- the whole point of the F-1 visa is to come to the US to study in a university. If you can no longer study _in_ the university, then there is no need to come to the US.[/quote]

This is about students who are already here. They are being asked to leave in the midst of a pandemic.[/quote]

+1. They came in good faith to learn in classrooms. When the pandemic is under control, they will go back to learning in classes.  Many universities are trying to get some in person classes this fall. At Oberlin, I know the number is about 45% fully in person, 40% hybrid (class meets twice a week, and you attend live one day and attend remotely the other) and 12-15% online (older faculty with medical issues).  But that’s the hope.

These students didn’t commit fraud. They didn’t get an in person student visa intending to go to a fully online school. COViD happened and everything changed. But not being flexible, the US is:

Being an a**hole country

Creating conditions where these kids may not have the ability to finish their degrees from their home country

Discouraging international students from applying in the future if crap like this can happen. And as a parent of a kid in college, I know we need these kids to hold tuition down (even if it is insane now) and because they add value to class discussions and residence halls when American kids who may have not grown up in the DMV are exposed to different cultures, religions, lifestyles.  They broadens their education and prepares them for a global workplace. [/quote]

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