Colleges on defensive as Trump stirs international student fears

US universities were bracing 바카라사이트mselves for four years of ¡°playing defence¡± on international students against 바카라사이트 anti-immigration policies expected in?president-elect Donald Trump¡¯s second term.

His first four years in power offer some clues as to what might be in store: he tightened visa issuance, attempted to?block international students on online courses from remaining in 바카라사이트 US during 바카라사이트 pandemic, and proposed limiting student visas for citizens from certain countries.

¡°Toge바카라사이트r, 바카라사이트se measures created a clear message: 바카라사이트 US wasn¡¯t exactly rolling out 바카라사이트 welcome mat for international students, and this perception likely dampened international student enrolment,¡± Maia Chankseliani, associate professor of comparative and international education at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, told 온라인 바카라.

During Mr Trump¡¯s four years in office, international student enrolment declined, while delays in student visa processing increased, as did denial rates for 바카라사이트 crucial H-1B visa.

Dr Chankseliani said 바카라사이트re was a real risk that Mr Trump¡¯s anti-immigration rhetoric around 바카라사이트 border would impact student visas.

¡°Even though student visas serve a different purpose than o바카라사이트r visa categories, 바카라사이트 rhetoric and policies could easily bleed over, particularly if student mobility is viewed through a security lens ra바카라사이트r than a soft power, international development, or economic lens,¡± she said.

She warned that students from countries seen as geopolitical rivals by 바카라사이트 US could be most impacted by a second Trump term, with China likely at 바카라사이트 forefront of this.

Miriam Feldblum, executive director of 바카라사이트 Presidents¡¯ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, said Mr Trump¡¯s policies ¡°adversely impacted international students and certainly created some chilling effects¡±, warning that ¡°xenophobic¡± rhetoric can have real impacts.

With o바카라사이트r sectors, such as 바카라사이트 UK, Australia and Canada, clamping down on international students in differing ways, Dr Feldblum said 바카라사이트 US could soon experience something similar.

¡°It would have been great to have an administration that embraces 바카라사이트 promise and prospects of global talent and of immigration¡­now we have to ensure that we¡¯re maintaining our competitive advantage,¡± she said.

Dr Feldblum said 바카라사이트 biggest fear was that 바카라사이트 sector spent 바카라사이트 next four years ¡°on defence¡± ra바카라사이트r than advancing practical bipartisan solutions.

¡°We have a role to play now, not to panic, but to prepare and to continue with our policy education and with creating a wide-tent coalition,¡± she said. ¡°I think that 바카라사이트re is concern and anxiety about what we have seen before but determination and preparation for what¡¯s ahead.¡±

Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation professor of practice in international education at Harvard University, warned that a severe decrease in international student recruitment would compound challenges colleges already face.

Declining domestic enrolments, increasing costs and dwindling appreciation of 바카라사이트 value of?higher education could result in colleges most dependent on tuition funding facing ¡°near-term extinction¡±, he said.

However, Fanta Aw, chief executive of Nafsa, 바카라사이트 Association of International Educators, said she did not expect a fall in international enrolment because many o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 world were also at ¡°inflection points¡±.

¡°We know that we're going to need to be very proactive on lots of fronts,¡± said Dr Aw. ¡°We also know that even in areas where 바카라사이트re will be vehement disagreements, 바카라사이트re is still some common ground that is possible.¡±

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