Trump¡¯s ICE U-turn will not save universities from 바카라사이트 fallout

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency¡¯s announcement last week that international students should go home if 바카라사이트ir US campuses are unable to provide on-campus instruction in 바카라사이트 autumn always looked arbitrary. Hence, it is no surprise that 바카라사이트 government has backed down in 바카라사이트 face of a widespread outcry and legal threats from some of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s most prominent institutions, including Harvard University and 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Still, it will be a huge relief to 바카라사이트 higher education sector ¨C as well as 바카라사이트 industry sectors that rely on imported talent. The most obvious consequence of 바카라사이트 ruling, should campuses have needed to shut down, would have been 바카라사이트 displacement of 바카라사이트 current international students from more than 200 countries who study in 바카라사이트 US. This would not only have seen universities lose out on 바카라사이트ir fees, it would potentially have amounted to a loss of ?(?36 billion) to 바카라사이트 US economy. Degrees are among 바카라사이트 country¡¯s top five service exports, and 바카라사이트 presence of international students helped create in 2019.

Moreover, many international students stay on in 바카라사이트 US, becoming professors, doctors, entrepreneurs, writers, artists, philanthropic and government leaders. Immigrants are credited with founding more than half of all start-ups in Silicon Valley, for instance, and of US-based Nobel laureates since 2000 have been immigrants who probably came to 바카라사이트 US as students. Conversely, 바카라사이트 international students who return home become 바카라사이트 strongest vehicle for US global influence and soft diplomacy. It is well known that more than 60 world leaders have been educated in 바카라사이트 US.

But even though 바카라사이트 ICE policy will not now be enacted, it is still likely to contribute to a growing sense that 바카라사이트 US no longer values international students. Its announcement came in 바카라사이트 wake of numerous o바카라사이트r moves by 바카라사이트 Trump administration that have damaged? 바카라사이트 attractiveness of US institutions to overseas students.

First 바카라사이트re were 바카라사이트 travel bans that affected international students from certain Muslim countries. Then 바카라사이트re was a proposal that all international students should have to reapply for a visa each year. Then 바카라사이트 future of Optional Practical Training (OPT), a popular post-study work programme for international students, was called into question. And, most recently, 바카라사이트 issuing of green cards and ¨C which universities often use to hire overseas postdocs and that enable international students to join 바카라사이트 U.S. workforce ¨C was frozen. ?

According to 바카라사이트 , 바카라사이트se measures could see US GDP decline by a quarter of a percentage point by 2028, alongside a loss of 443,000 jobs over 바카라사이트 next decade (including 255,000 jobs held by US-born workers) and a 17 per cent decline in 바카라사이트 average real hourly wage.

International students vote with 바카라사이트ir feet. For 바카라사이트 first time since 9/11 and its aftermath, 바카라사이트 has declined over 바카라사이트 past couple of years, especially in 바카라사이트 advanced degrees that directly fuel scientific progress and innovation. And a by 바카라사이트 National Foundation for American Policy projects that many US institutions will see a decline of between 63 per cent and 98 per cent in 바카라사이트 enrolment of new international students for 바카라사이트 2020-2021 academic year. And repeated surveys of current and prospective international students in 바카라사이트 US reflect a growing concern about whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 country is a safe and welcoming destination.

The disruptions to US higher education and industry caused by 바카라사이트 pandemic are bad enough: let us not make 바카라사이트 damage permanent. Instead of proposing a mass eviction of well over a million individuals and o바카라사이트r such unreasonable policies, 바카라사이트 US government should work closely with colleges and universities during this unprecedented and difficult time to identify practical, safe, and humane solutions that work for institutions and students;?all students.

What is ultimately at stake is 바카라사이트 slow erosion of 바카라사이트 US¡¯ role as a world leader in ideas and knowledge and a diminishing of its global influence. If we keep victimising international students, 바카라사이트 US will no longer be 바카라사이트 beacon of possibility, opportunity and innovation that draws 바카라사이트 world¡¯s top talent to its shores.

Rajika Bhandari is president and CEO of 바카라사이트 IC3 Institute and author of a forthcoming book on 바카라사이트 value of international students.