Harvard University and the
University of Toronto have unveiled a contingency plan that
would allow select Harvard graduate students to continue their
studies in Canada if U.S. visa restrictions prevent them from
re-entering the United States.
It is the first international student backup strategy
announced since the U.S. Department of Homeland Security moved
last month to strip Harvard of its ability to enroll
international students. A federal judge has since blocked the
government’s move.
In response to potential U.S. visa challenges, students at
Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government who
are unable to return to the United States will have the option
to continue their studies through a visiting student program at
the University of Toronto\u2019s Munk School of Global Affairs and
Public Policy.
The program would combine courses taught by Kennedy and Munk
faculty, the deans of both institutions said in a statement sent
to Reuters this week.
The contingency plans are being announced to ease student
uncertainty, but will only be implemented if there is enough
demand from those unable to enter the U.S. due to visa or entry
restrictions, the statement said.
\u201cWith these contingency plans in place, HKS will be able to
continue to provide a world-class public policy education to all
of our students, even if they cannot make it to our campus this
year,” Harvard Kennedy School Dean Jeremy Weinstein said.
The program will be available to international students who
have already completed one year at the U.S. campus.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has threatened
or moved to cut billions of dollars in federal research funding
for Harvard. The administration has accused the university of
failing to adequately address antisemitism and campus violence,
violating reporting requirements, and coordinating with foreign
entities, including China\u2019s Communist Party, in ways that raise
national security concerns.
Over the past five years, 52% of Kennedy students have come
from outside the United States, the school’s media office said.
The school enrolls 739 students from 92 countries in
programs aimed at developing leadership in public policy and
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