For international students in America, these are disconcerting times. The ripple effects of President Trump’s attempt to end Harvard University’s right to enroll foreign students are being felt across the region and the country—and could threaten research, science and innovation for years to come.
Alison Frank Johnson is a professor of history at Harvard, currently on a fellowship in Germany, working on a book about antisemitic myths. She’s concerned that other countries are already poised to scoop up foreign students who might feel unwelcome in the U.S.
For example, government officials in Hong Kong have called on the city’s universities to open their doors to those affected by Trump’s attempted ban on foreign students. Ireland wants to become a “first choice” destination for international students; and Germany’s minister of culture has talked about establishing a research university for “scholars in exile from the United States.”
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