Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nU.S. officials announced last week that international students at schools that had moved to online-only classes due to the coronavirus pandemic would have to leave the country if they were unable to transfer to a college with at least some in-person instruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official still intended to issue a regulation in the coming weeks addressing whether foreign students can remain in the United States if their classes move online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are more than a million foreign students at U.S. colleges and universities, and many schools depend on revenue from foreign students, who often pay full tuition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The universities argued the measure was unlawful and would adversely affect their academic institutions. Harvard planned to hold all of its classes online for the upcoming academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The controversy began after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would re-instate rules for international students on F-1 and M-1 visas that limit the number of online courses foreign students can take if they want to remain in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those rules had been temporarily waived due to the public health crisis. Many academic institutions assumed they would be extended, not rolled back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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