Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Coronavirus: Anger over US decision on
foreign students' visas
There are about one million foreign students
studying at colleges and universities in the US, which represent approximately 5.5%
of all college student community. Nearly half of those foreign students come from
China and a quarter from India. Now, as a new academic year approaches, US
colleges and universities are announcing how they’re going to run their classes
and administrate the students. Some of them have decided to go only or mainly online
to ensure continuity in learning even under the coronavirus pandemic, and
others have said course instructions would be only delivered online. At the
same time, the US government announced that it will not issue or extend student
visas to those who only take courses online. If that happens, foreign students
whose courses are changed to online-only have no choice but to change the
courses or college, or leave the country and continue the courses. Also, those
who are newly enrolled in online-only courses will have to study in their own
country or somewhere else.
The academic community is deeply concerned
that the new guidance will undermine students’ learning opportunities and
campuses diversity, either on-campus or online,
So, what are those foreign students going to
do?
Reading the article and think about the
intention of the US administration by kicking out foreign students.
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