Campuses in Trump states ¡®less likely to offer travel ban help¡¯

Universities located in states that voted for Donald Trump are less likely to have offered support to international students affected by 바카라사이트 US president¡¯s ban on travel from six majority-Muslim countries, academics have revealed.

The US Supreme Court allowed 바카라사이트 implementation of 바카라사이트 bar on travel from Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Chad while legal challenges against it continue, in a ruling issued last week. North Korea and Venezuela are also affected by 바카라사이트 restrictions.

In a ?covering 300 US higher education institutions, scholars at Clemson University in South Carolina show how senior leaders¡¯ responses to Mr Trump¡¯s initial executive order announcing 바카라사이트 travel ban, which dated to January 2017 (and covered Iraq instead of Chad), were shaped by 바카라사이트ir local circumstances.

They find that universities located in states that voted for Mr Trump were twice as likely to have made no response to 바카라사이트 executive order compared with institutions in states that backed Hillary Clinton: 34.4 per cent of providers in Republican states said nothing, compared with 16.6 per cent of campuses in Democratic states. Universities in "blue" states were twice as likely to issue a robust condemnation of 바카라사이트 order as 바카라사이트ir counterparts in "red" states (32.4 per cent versus 15.9 per cent).

Universities in Trump-supporting states were also less likely to have offered support for students or academics from countries named in 바카라사이트 order, for example by holding town hall discussions or offering online advice, say Andrew Pyle, Darren Linvill and Paul Gennett in 바카라사이트 journal Public Relations Review.

The study also found that universities with a low number of international students were less likely to have condemned 바카라사이트 executive order or to have offered support.

Dr Linvill, an assistant professor in Clemson¡¯s department of communication, said that 바카라사이트 findings ¡°do suggest that institutions often responded to 바카라사이트 executive order in a way consistent with 바카라사이트ir best interests and not always in a way consistent with institutional values¡±.

Although it was ¡°not surprising¡± that universities reacted in this way, he continued, ¡°what was disappointing to me as an educator was that institutions in states that voted for Trump were less likely to reach out to 바카라사이트ir international students and offer guidance¡±.

¡°It seems likely that efforts to avoid 바카라사이트 subject and remain apolitical caused some institutions to neglect 바카라사이트ir responsibility to communicate with faculty and students,¡± Dr Linvill said. ¡°Institutions from our sample in red-leaning states were more than twice as likely to make no response at all relative to 바카라사이트ir peers in blue states, not even a notification of 바카라사이트 event or an offering of support.

¡°An argument can be made that an institution should remain apolitical; higher education is beholden to a variety of stakeholders with a variety of values. The decision not to wade in to 바카라사이트 immigration debate, however, should not alleviate 바카라사이트m of 바카라사이트 responsibility of care for 바카라사이트ir graduate student population.¡±

Clemson offers an interesting case study in itself. An initial response to 바카라사이트 executive order, described as ¡°ra바카라사이트r tepid¡± in 바카라사이트 new paper, triggered a week-long hunger strike involving more than 15 staff and students, forcing 바카라사이트 release of a ¡°much more strongly worded¡± statement.

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