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| Without fanfare, Trump cuts Chinese nationals from American colleges |
| 2020-07-09 |
| American Thinker via Instapundit A friend of mine told me that her daughter, who attends UCLA, will be living at home and taking only online classes in the fall. While the family will be spared the cost of on-campus housing, there is no tuition deduction. On Monday, Harvard announced the same policy. Also on Monday, the Trump administration used the new academic reality as a way to eject Chinese nationals from America. For several decades now, America's colleges and universities have been making bank by holding spaces open for foreign nationals, especially Chinese students who are the scions of powerful people in the Communist Party. The beauty of these students is that they pay full fare. With them, there are no grants, no in-state discounts, no pesky and inconvenient loans. Instead, it's cash all the way. ...Because foreign students, especially the Chinese, are an important funding source for academia, the Trump administration's announcement on Monday that, if classes go online, foreign students will be denied visas comes as a devastating blow. ...In theory, foreign students should be in the same situation academically as my friend's child: they'll live in their home country and take the same classes they would have anyway. They'll lose the opportunity to perfect their English and mingle with (or spy on) Americans, but they'll still get the degree. China's internet censorship, however, means that Chinese students probably won't be able to take those online classes. And without those classes, Chinese students will walk away and take their money with them. ...Academia's indoctrination provides the foot soldiers for leftism, both on the street and in the boardroom, and because their faculty and staff are huge Democrat party funder, academia also helps fund the party. If these institutions of higher leftism go under, their demise can only help preserve an America dedicated to the traditional principles of individual liberty and the free market. |
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| #2 Harvard University and MIT sue Trump administration over 'illegal' plans to ban visas for international students whose fall classes will be online |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-07-09 06:52 |
| #1 Quietly and with 'fanfare.' Progress is being made by Team Trump. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-07-09 05:08 |