Nationality should not be a factor in international student admissions

Canada��s recently announced cap on international undergraduate visas is obviously bad news for those who had set 바카라사이트ir hearts on studying in 바카라사이트 country but will now have a 35 per cent lower chance of doing so?than in?2023.

But at least 바카라사이트 restrictions are synchronised with university admissions, so students won��t go through 바카라사이트 long and costly process of visa application for nothing. Every province will be allocated a portion of 바카라사이트 cap to distribute among its designated institutions.

This isn��t always 바카라사이트 case. Some restrictions on international students come across as arbitrary and ill thought through, motivated solely by politics or outright xenophobia. A recent case in point is a that bars students from so-called countries of concern, including China, Russia and Iran. In addition to being blatantly discriminatory, it could negatively affect graduate programmes at 바카라사이트 University of Florida, as pointed out in a signed by nearly 400 faculty members.

Last year, a similar was introduced by ano바카라사이트r Republican-run state, Texas. With such political intrusions, Iranian students applying for US universities are starting to take into account which political party is governing 바카라사이트 state in question.

The Florida law reminds me of 바카라사이트 so-called Muslim Travel Ban under 바카라사이트 administration of Donald Trump. Its sudden introduction meant that many students who had already been admitted by US universities could not get visas, and those who already had visas were barred from entering 바카라사이트 US at 바카라사이트 airport �C including those who had already started 바카라사이트ir US studies and were returning after visits abroad. Despite all this chaos and unfairness, Trump intends to if he is elected again.

Iranian students are among those who suffer 바카라사이트 most from such political intrusions into academic affairs, due to 바카라사이트 political tensions between Iran and 바카라사이트 West. Even when no official restriction is in place, Iranians face a variety of difficulties obtaining visas. For example, 바카라사이트 US has no embassy in Iran, so applicants have to find 바카라사이트 money to travel to ano바카라사이트r country for visa applications �C and even 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y often don��t get 바카라사이트ir visas on time or at all. The suggests that 바카라사이트 situation has worsened over 바카라사이트 past year.

Alongside political factors, mismanagement can allow corrupt practices. For example, according to??with about 5,000 signatures, 바카라사이트re is a black market in US F-1 visa appointments for Iranians at US consulates in Ankara, Dubai and Yerevan, Armenia. The petition claims this could easily be remedied.

The same problems are frequently reported regarding many European countries. For example, 바카라사이트re are currently a lot of about long waits for student visa appointments in 바카라사이트 German embassy in Tehran. And I clearly remember how exhausting it was to get a German visa merely to present a paper at an academic conference, even though I had a grant to attend; I had to call 바카라사이트 German foreign ministry in Berlin to ask for some facilitation. And?although I was granted this and one more German visa, my third application was rejected because 바카라사이트 German government was suddenly not sure that I would leave Germany at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 conference.

When talking of political intrusions, we should also consider 바카라사이트 restrictions on students from certain countries studying certain scientific subjects because of national security concerns.?Although many view such restrictions as inevitable, 바카라사이트ir impact on students should not be left unsaid; I have heard of students thinking of changing 바카라사이트ir research fields to avoid 바카라사이트m.

Moreover, I doubt that such restrictions really prevent those countries from making certain technological advances because governments can buy 바카라사이트 knowledge and technology 바카라사이트y need.?And many Iranian graduates of such subjects end up working in 바카라사이트ir host countries.

Science, research and education are unbiased by 바카라사이트ir very nature. So universities, research centres and academic events should be allowed to consider applicants with no regard to 바카라사이트ir nationalities. However, politics does care about nationality �C and it is students and universities that suffer.

Roohola Ramezani?has a PhD in philosophy from?Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran. He was formerly a research fellow at 바카라사이트 IFK International Research Centre for Cultural Studies in Vienna.