Message to Our International Students
We write out of deep concern for the consequences of the recent announcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement affecting international students studying in the United States. These rules require those students to be enrolled at a university that is not offering solely online courses and instead is in full on-campus operational mode or, as Rice currently plans, a hybrid mode. Moreover, under the new rules, if a school begins hybrid instruction but is forced to convert to all online because of the public health situation, international students either must then either leave the country or transfer to a school offering in-person instruction. In addition, students remaining outside the country who continue their studies online might require a new visa approval if the university is in hybrid operation and they return later.
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