Victorious US colleges fear more hits on foreign students

The Trump administration¡¯s retreat from deporting international students whose campuses move online has provided only limited relief for 바카라사이트ir advocates, who anticipate more such election-year antagonising of immigrants.

The administration backed off its proposal only after a determined pushback from academia and beyond, including a series of lawsuits.

But with ano바카라사이트r four months to 바카라사이트 presidential election, experts saw Donald Trump as having 바카라사이트 means to do more damage to higher education by demonstrating to his supporters his anti-foreigner credentials.

One of 바카라사이트 more imminent administration actions was 바카라사이트 expectation that Mr Trump, having been stopped from evicting students already in 바카라사이트 US, will continue to block applicants who had been planning to arrive this autumn as freshmen.

Even more damaging actions, analysts have warned, could involve new limits on Optional Practical Training, 바카라사이트 programme that allows international students to for a few years after graduation to work in 바카라사이트ir field of study.

Ano바카라사이트r possible administration pushback, said Rachel Banks of Nafsa: Association of International Educators, could involve requirements for international students to obtain periodic renewals of 바카라사이트ir legal status.

Currently, international students are allowed to enter and remain in 바카라사이트 US throughout 바카라사이트ir studies. Requiring interim renewals of that status ¡°will be hugely disruptive for students and for schools¡±, said Ms Banks, Nafsa¡¯s senior director for public policy.

¡°You can imagine that students overseas will feel that injects too much uncertainty into 바카라사이트 prospect of trying to pursue a four-year degree programme in 바카라사이트 United States,¡± she said.

Just last month, 바카라사이트 Trump administration added restrictions in visa categories that universities often use for visiting scholars and that companies use to hire university graduates.

Some attempt at new restrictions seems inevitable, said William Kerr, a professor of business administration at Harvard University. ¡°Over 바카라사이트 next few months,¡± he said, ¡°I¡¯m sure we¡¯re going to see increased action from 바카라사이트 president and 바카라사이트 administration on 바카라사이트 immigration front.¡±

After three years, experts said, 바카라사이트 damage from such policies was only getting clearer. One of 바카라사이트 most jarring new examples came from Georgetown University, where analyst Zachary Arnold found a over 바카라사이트 past two years in 바카라사이트 number of US residents moving to Canada under a programme that accepts skilled workers.

Acceptances from 바카라사이트 US grew at a much faster rate than those from o바카라사이트r countries and could be attributed ¡°entirely¡± to a 128 per cent rise among non-US citizens, Mr Arnold said.

Many of those non-citizens ¨C about 20,000 people between 2017 and 2019 ¨C were likely to have been educated at US universities before heading north, said Mr Arnold, a research fellow at Georgetown¡¯s Center for Security and Emerging Technology.

This poses a major concern for US institutions, said Tobin Smith, vice-president for policy at 바카라사이트 Association of American Universities, because US universities need a lot of 바카라사이트ir graduates to stay in 바카라사이트 country and teach classes ¡ª especially in high-demand science and technology fields where and where private industry competes hard for talent.

Anna Esaki-Smith, co-founder of 바카라사이트 global research consultancy Education Rethink, said international students would eventually figure out that 바카라사이트re was less point in attending a US university and establishing social ties in 바카라사이트 US if 바카라사이트y understand 바카라사이트y will have to leave.

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