Thursday, January 10, 2019

Making America Grate Again


Global Higher Ed in Changing Times
Inside Higher Ed
WASHINGTON -- How can colleges seize control of their international strategies at a time when international student enrollments are falling at many American colleges and when federal immigration policies and public attitudes may be working against institutions’ internationalization goals?
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     Jill Welch, deputy executive director for public policy at NAFSA: Association of International Educators, said she would add another "P" to the discussion -- the political. Advocates for international education have been deeply concerned by some of the visa and immigration policies pursued by the Trump administration, including changes to how “unlawful presence” is calculated for international students, new restrictions on the duration of visas for Chinese nationals studying for advanced degrees in certain high-tech fields and the travel ban, which continues to restrict entry to the U.S. for nationals of multiple Muslim-majority countries.
     The Trump administration has also signaled its intent to at some point overhaul programs that let international students stay in the U.S. to work after graduation, and at one point reportedly considered a proposal to ban students from China from coming to the U.S. altogether….
Trump’s New Order on Visas Could Make American Colleges Less Appealing Overseas
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     Yet again a Trump-administration executive order has the potential to roil American campuses and their recruitment of international students.
     President Trump on Tuesday signed a measure that would target fraud and abuse in overseas guest-worker programs and increase federal oversight of the H-1B visa program for highly skilled foreigners.
     Higher education ranks third behind technology-related occupations as the largest industry sponsor of recipients of H-1B visas. But colleges’ chief concern is not likely to be the visa holders — typically, professors, researchers, and postdocs — on their payrolls.
     Rather, the order could have an impact on American colleges’ recruitment of students from abroad. For many international students, the opportunity to stay in the United States, even temporarily, after graduation and gain work experience is almost as valuable as an American degree itself. Any policy that might erect hurdles on the pathway from college to work could depress international enrollments….

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Every one with an ounce of intellect should be disturbed. Deeply disturbed.

Rebel Girl said...

The IVC flex activity designed to enlighten faculty and staff on the effects of these new policies on on international student population with the apt title "Discourage, Delay,
Deny: New Immigration Policies" was poorly attended - but yes, deeply disturbing, Anon 6:52. We need to talk about these policies in class as some of our students if and/or when they fall below 12 units will be subject to deportation and possible bars to re-entry lasting 3-10 years because they have become "unlawfully present." The same college that take all their international student fees ($$$$) also reports their failure to fulfill their F-1 visa status to Homeland Security.

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