APLU In The News
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Arizona university professors: Donald Trump’s immigration executive order is un-American
More than 75 professors from Arizona’s three state universities have signed a national petition denouncing President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration as discriminatory and detrimental to the country. Over the weekend, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities President Peter McPherson said the ban is causing “significant disruption and hardship” to university students, researchers and…
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Wall Street Journal
Campuses Checking On International Students, Faculty After Trump Order
Peter McPherson, president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, said in an interview Saturday that while the association is hearing stories from member schools about individuals affected by the order, it doesn’t know how many people are unable to return to campuses.
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The New York Times
College Success, for All
Public colleges and universities enroll nearly three-quarters of students. The sheer size of these institutions means that they have the potential to substantially increase economic mobility nationally. These schools can increase enrollment and maintain quality, something often missed in rankings. Scale is an asset.
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The New York Times (via Seattle Times)
Judge blocks part of Trump’s immigration order
A federal judge blocked part of President Trump’s executive order on immigration on Saturday evening, ordering that refugees and others trapped at airports across the United States should not be sent back to their home countries. But the judge stopped short of letting them into the country or issuing a broader ruling on the constitutionality…
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The Topeka Capital-Journal
Kansas State president warns students about travel restrictions, calls Trump order ‘detrimental’
Peter McPherson, director of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, said Trump’s executive order is causing “significant disruption and hardship” to students and scholars at universities like Kansas State. “These individuals returned home to visit in compliance with the immigration designation they received, but are now stranded abroad and unable to return to their…
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Inside Higher Ed
Stranded and Stuck
An executive order signed by President Trump late Friday afternoon immediately barring immigrants and nonimmigrant visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. has had immediate effects on scholars and students. More than 17,000 students in the U.S. come from the seven countries affected by the immediate 90-day entry ban: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia,…
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Chronicle of Higher Education
What You Need to Know About Colleges and the Immigration Ban
President Trump’s executive order Friday that bars all refugees from entering the United States, as well as citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries, prompted colleges to frantically start trying to determine what it meant for them.
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