UM president praises move not to remove international students

University of Missouri officials say the decision to pull back a rule for international students is a win for the United States.

“International students are an important part of our campus community. The culture, ideas and knowledge they add to our universities enrich and enhance each and every one of us,” University of Missouri System president and interim MU Chancellor Mun Choi said in a press release Tuesday.

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The Trump administration has rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer schools or leave the country if their colleges hold classes entirely online this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision was announced at the start of a hearing in a federal lawsuit in Boston brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The announcement brings relief to thousands of foreign students who had been at risk of being deported from the country, along with hundreds of universities that were scrambling to reassess their plans for the fall in light of the policy.