‘Time is of the essence’: Pause on international student visa interviews sends schools on another Trump-induced scramble

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At Mount Holyoke College, a liberal arts school some 90 miles west of Boston, administrators have few answers so far for their prospective international students who are no longer certain they will be allowed to study in the US.

The Trump administration’s order directing US missions to pause new visa interviews for international students has thrust schools into a scramble to assess the impact on institutions and their students.

“This is supposed to be a celebratory time where they’re looking forward to coming to the United States, going here for their education, and suddenly, all of that’s, you know, been thrown up in the air,” said Kavita Khory, a professor of politics at Mount Holyoke and director of the school’s center for global initiatives.

Read more at CNN.

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