How will Trump's win affect international students?

ClassicRockerDad
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 22:07:32 +0000

MIT put up places for students to express their feelings in Lobby7 the main entrance to campus. I walked by there last Thursday and read some of what was written, and it was gut wrenching. There is no way to read what was written and not be moved. There is widespread fear among international students about what their future may be in the US. These are among the best and brightest young people living in the People’s Republic of Cambridge. Can’t find a spafer space in the US. Each and every one of these students would be a net plus for our economy.

http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/fears-and-hopes

I expect a significant drop in the number of international students who WANT to study here.

Also I don’t expect outrage over bigotry and racist incidents to recede, nor do I think it should. Frankly, I’m impressed with some of the responses already.

The two men from Babson who drove around Wellesley have been shamed on social media beyond belief. Those women even contacted their employers. They messed with the wrong women!

300 people at Baylor escorted an African woman to class who had been harassed.

Oklahoma University has expelled the student who sent racist emails to African American UPenn Freshman.

I heard word of mouth about a museum curator in Texas when faced with a contractor spewing racist nonsense, just fired him on the spot and got the backing of her board. Kudos.

I too am optimistic that our country has come too far to tolerate the kind of bigotry being displayed by the the racists who think they are now empowered.