I have excellent news to share. Today, the federal government rescinded a policy that would have prohibited international students from studying in the U.S. if their coursework was entirely online.
The government agreed to walk back the policy in a court case brought by Harvard and MIT universities. The administration will now return to the policy in effect in March, which provided more flexibility for students enrolled in schools that switched to all-online courses because of the pandemic. For our international students, this effectively means that nothing changes regarding your visa status, even though GGU plans to be entirely online in the Fall term. We are very much looking forward to you working with your advisers to continue your uninterrupted progress toward a GGU degree.
I know this created considerable anxiety for many of you. We strongly opposed this order when it was released last week, and the association representing us in Sacramento was actively involved in supporting the lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General. We have been following the developments of this court case and other lawsuits closely and I am grateful that a resolution came quickly.
As I said last week, we stand with our community of international students, and we will support your academic ambitions at GGU in every way possible.
Thank you,
David
David J. Fike
President
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