Roughly 30% of new international students will not come to the U.S. to study in the fall, and the number is likely to grow due to ICE’s recent policies and visa complications.
Raven Liu always thought that she had a chance, however slim it was, to travel from Beijing to the University of Southern California to attend her first semester in person,“It’s meaningless to learn online because I study film production,” the newly enrolled graduate student said. “I can’t collaborate with my teammates for shooting, and my first year of production courses can be wasted.”
As the resurgence of coronavirus pushes some schools to put courses fully online, the latest ruling leaves new international students like Liu with two options: take online classes in their home country or defer the fall semester.Roughly 80,000, or 30%, of new international students will not come to the U.S. to study in the fall, according to Brad Farnsworth, vice president of the American Council on Education. This number is likely to grow due to ICE’s recent policies and visa complications.
“Given the unpredictability of current government policies and the uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis, this path could jeopardize both our international students’ ability to enter or leave the United States in the future and our community’s health,” Harvard Dean Rakesh Khurana said. “The problem was there weren’t too many students that actually had visas in hand,” Siskind said. “Most consulates didn’t start reopening up until July 15 and they’re only doing it slowly.”
Even though Tennessee Tech is offering in-person courses, Singh has deferred his fall semester and will work for his father’s business. He did not want to risk losing money on tuition if his student visa application is denied. He has been denied a visitor's visa before without apparent reasons, he said.
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