Coverage of how the president’s executive order barring all refugees and citizens of six Muslim countries from entering the United States affects higher education.
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NewsEven in Limbo, Trump’s Travel Ban Reverberates
After the president tried to bar travelers from six countries, the personal effects are still being felt. -
News
Trump’s New Order on Visas Could Make American Colleges Less Appealing Overseas
Like previous executive orders banning travel from some majority-Muslim nations, the president’s move to overhaul the H-1B program could affect international enrollments in the United States. -
Security Gantlet
6 Reasons Trump’s ‘Extreme Vetting’ of Travelers May Already Be the Norm
Students and scholars affected by the president’s new executive order say they feel as if they already face heightened screening in order to come to the United States. Here’s why. -
News
New Travel Ban Still Sows Chaos and Confusion
While the new executive order provides some reassurance to students and scholars already on campus that they can travel freely, it offers little guidance to those seeking to enroll this coming fall. -
News
An ‘America First’ Presidency Clashes With Higher Ed’s Worldview
Colleges that have prided themselves on working across borders now confront a president who has pledged to build a wall. -
News
Undocumented Students’ Fears Escalate After a DACA Recipient’s Arrest
A Mexican immigrant who had been granted protections was detained and threatened with deportation. People like him say they’re growing tired of living in limbo. -
News
Court Rebukes Trump’s Travel Ban, and Harm to Universities Plays a Key Role
A panel of appellate judges affirmed that states have legal standing to challenge the executive order, specifically because of its impact on students and researchers at their public universities. -
News
Reunions and Sighs of Relief as Some Stranded Students Return to U.S.
A court ruling on Friday opened a window for some who had been caught off-guard by President Trump’s travel ban. -
News
Universities Spoke Up in Case That Led to Ruling Halting Trump’s Travel Ban
The University of Washington, Washington State University, and the community and technical colleges of Washington all submitted statements to the court about how the ban was affecting them. -
Leadership
Christian Colleges Balance Faith and Politics in Response to Trump’s Ban on Refugees
Leaders of some faith-based colleges oppose the directive on religious grounds. That view, however, puts them at odds with the president — and with some of their own students. -
News
Trump’s Travel Ban Leaves Students Stranded — and Colleges Scrambling to Help
In the wake of the president’s executive order, which affects visitors from seven largely Muslim countries, campus officials have sought both to reassure students in the U.S. and to track down those who are traveling abroad. -
The Review
An Academic Boycott Is the Wrong Way to Fight Trump
As tempting as it may be, such an embargo would deny the very values it attempts to protect. -
The Review
Trump Is Undermining Higher Education as a Global Enterprise
The travel ban cuts to the core of academic internationalism. -
News
How One University Is Contending With the Aftermath of Trump’s Travel Ban
At West Virginia University, officials are trying to reassure international students that they are safe, while acknowledging the gravity of a situation that has many people alarmed. -
Voices
Here Are 7 People Whose Lives Were Changed by the Travel Ban
“I felt like, that could not happen in a country like America,” an undergraduate told us. Another said, “It’s kind of humiliating.” -
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‘It Can’t Stop Here — It Needs to Become Something More’
A rally against the president’s new immigration restrictions motivated students in marginalized groups to take up other strategies. -
Research
Disruption and Uncertainty Ripple Across a Discipline
As the Middle East Studies Association takes a stand against the new immigration restrictions, its president discusses how academic experts on that region are being affected. -
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Why the Travel Ban Probably Hits Iranian Professors and Students the Hardest
The Iranian and U.S. governments have long been at odds, but the academic relationship between the two countries runs deep. -
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Academics Mull Boycott of U.S. Conferences as a Way of Fighting Travel Ban
Scholars in some disciplines are discussing whether such a boycott would be an effective means of protesting President Trump’s executive order. -
Faculty
Shock, Despair, and Outrage: Academics Condemn Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Scholars voiced grave concerns about an executive order that they said threatened the United States’ reputation as a haven for academics from around the world to conduct research, teach, and collaborate. -
The Review
Why the Academy Must Protect America’s Democratic Soul
Four months in an Iranian prison taught me that academics can save lives and transform societies. -
Immigration
What You Need to Know About Colleges and the Immigration Ban
President Trump’s executive order on immigration has sent colleges into a frenzy. Here’s a brief rundown on how they are affected, and what happens next. -
News
Academics, What Does Trump’s Order on Immigration Mean to You?
We want to hear your thoughts on the executive order, which bars all refugees and citizens of seven Muslim countries from entering the United States. -
The Review
Why Trump’s Executive Order Is Wrongheaded and Reckless
The closing of America to the world is an abandonment of the enormous capacity of scholarly work. -
The Review
Colleges Must Find Ways to Serve Students Shut Out by the Ban
President Trump’s order runs counter to an established U.S. foreign-policy goal in the Middle East: to develop “informed critical thinkers resistant to extremist appeals.” -
News
As Trump Crackdown Looms, a Syrian Student in Indiana Worries About His Future
The 21-year-old senior at the University of Evansville has a job waiting for him when he graduates, but he doesn’t “know what is going to happen” as a result of an expected presidential order this week.
