International students hit hard by the pandemic
How Columbia, Harvard are trying to keep their students in the U.S. this fall with classes operating solely online. By: Rebecca Anderson The coronavirus pandemic is truly a global crisis, especially for international students trying to remain in the U.S. this fall. Confirmed in early July, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said its granting of visa flexibility to students outside the country applies to only those who were actively enrolled in American schools on March 9 of this year. "Nonimmigrant students in new or initial status after March 9 will not be able to enter the U.S. to enroll in a U.S. school as a nonimmigrant student for the fall term to pursue a full course of study that is 100 percent online," the agency said in a statement ...