Foreign Students News

Complications and new policies brought on by the pandemic have stopped thousands of international students from attending universities in the US this fall

With foreign students worth about A$35 billion ($25.3 billion) a year to the Australian economy, Canberra had hoped to slowly allow overseas students to return in 2021

The plan is ‘an inappropriate intrusion into academic matters,’ Harvard President Lawrence Bacow says

The govt’s aim is to boost the number to 200,000 from the current 48,000 students

Chinese government says following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year it was not permitting foreign students to enter the country for the time being and permitting such entry only in specific circumstances

The government said it would drop the plan amid a legal challenge brought by universitiesA flurry of lawsuits were filed challenging the rule including one brought by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Under new guidelines, new visas will not be issued to students at schools or programmes that are entirely onlineAmerican Council on Education says the guidelines are ‘horrifying’ and will result in confusion as schools look for ways to reopen safely

Universities believe that a late start to the academic year in August –September will help them expand digital outreach and give time to dispel fears about the pandemic

The rise in number of covid cases in India has gotten students from abroad worrying about their safety and well-beingWith the lockdown being eased, students hope the government will soon allow them to return home

Of the total foreign students in India, the highest number came from NepalThe highest number (73.4%) of foreign students are enrolled in undergraduate courses