On July 6, 2020, the
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a division of the Department
of Homeland Security, rescinded a COVID-19 exemption that allowed international
students on F-1 visas to remain in the United States and retain their visa status
while attending college and university classes via remote instruction. Shortly after ICE rescinded the exemption,
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institution of Technology filed a
complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief, to prevent the rescission from
taking effect so that hundreds of thousands of international students can
continue to avail themselves of educational opportunities in the United States,
even if their course of study is online.
ICE’s rescission of the
COVID exemption is just one of many challenges colleges and universities are
untangling with respect to international students and employees. As college and university leaders look
towards the Fall, there are also questions about graduate assistantships
abroad, faculty and staff who are unable to return to the United States due to various
travel restrictions, and other issues related to online education in foreign
jurisdictions, including issues related to data privacy protections. Please join us for a NACUA Briefing with Vinita Mehra,
Director and Leader of the Global Business and Global Education Practice at
Kegler Brown LPA and Debra Zumwalt, Vice President and General Counsel at
Stanford University, who will walk us through these important issues.
This 30-minute Briefing
will be audio-only and complimentary to NACUA members.