Trump Admin Drops Policy Forcing Foreign Students to Attend In-Person Classes

Article publisher: 
Breitbart
Article date: 
14 July 2020
Article category: 
National News
Medium
Article Body: 
July 14 (UPI) — The Trump administration on Tuesday dropped its rule denying visas to international students attending classes entirely online, a federal judge in Boston announced.
 
The decision means foreign students won’t have to choose between returning to their home countries or transferring to a school holding in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic.
 
U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs made the surprise announcement ahead of a hearing on a lawsuit brought by Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology challenging the rule....