In Trumpland, this is a twofer: screw immigrants AND higher education. It is also dumb AF.

Anonymous wrote:If you are a foreign based student at a US university and the school is going full, online, then the students must leave the US and do the courses elsewhere.

This is incredibly sad for a lot of students who did all the right things and may not have the resources or ability in their home country, to take online courses - no computer or internet or govt restrictions on G-Suite etc.

And for the US schools, it is an incredible financial burden.

Stephen Miller is so vile. His appointment with burning in hell for his sins cannot come soon enough.

As a former international student, that’s unfair and terrible.


Shame on this government.

It's awakening how many spots are taken from Americans and given to international

Anonymous wrote:Have they provided *any* rationale for this, other than just being dickwipes?

Nope! Dickwipes indeed!

This is cruel and petty

Have they provided *any* rationale for this, other than just being dickwipes?

This is such an A-hole move. The lab in my industry that provides a resource that no human being can live without is 90% staffed with foreign Phd students doing research. My boss came to chitchat with me out of the blue today, now i realize he was making sure I knew how to do an analysis in case some students have to leave the country.

Anonymous wrote:I hope universities come up with a 1 credit in person class for international students who need it so they can say that they are not full distance learning.

This is what I was going to say. Time for a one credit, small seminar or mentorship open to foreign students only on something like Perspective on COVID in a Foreign County. Or even meet one on one. Kid meets with a professor once a week and they talk about how they are doing. And get one P-F credit. An adult should be keeping tabs on these kids anyway. And I bet most profs, grad students, TAs, counselors, would mentor a kid or two under the circumstances.

Sounds like harvard is going to announce that not all learning will be online in lieu of this. Another hurdle to jump through.

Many of these students will become business leaders or political leaders in their own countries. Looks like Trump wanted to piss off these future leaders.

This will not end well.

Anonymous wrote:The ICE order stipulates that all foreign and immigrant students can transfer to an in-person institution or go home. So Harvard has already announced all online classes. You either need to transfer to Boston University (for ex) or leave the country.

That is insanity!!! Who the hell wants to transfer schools just to pacify this moron in charge!!!

Can international students enroll in a community college to stay?

Also, who will pay full US tuition for an online class from China or Lebanon? Tuition for US students will be bumped up very soon
My DC had an online class last quarter with classmates who were in other countries, and the instructor gave ZERO leeway for them to work around the time differences