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Update (July 14): The Harvard Crimson reports that DHS and ICE have rescinded the policy that would bar international students from taking online-only classes during the fall semester.
Update (July 8): The Harvard Crimson reports that in response to ICE's announcement, Harvard and MIT have sued the Department of Homeland Security and ICE because the decision to force in-person instruction for international students was made, as the suit alleges, “notwithstanding the universities’ judgment that it is neither safe nor educationally advisable to do so.”
Since higher education institutions ended in-person classes in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been uncertainty over what classes will look like in the fall. Universities will soon have to come up with an answer. On Monday (July 6), the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that international students would not be able to take online-only courses ...
