The US  is ending the COVID-19 exemption on the requirement that international students take classes on campus.

Next semester they must take classes in person, or leave the country. Those at colleges using a mix of in-person or on-line courses can only take three-credit hours via distance.

Seems mean-spirited, unless it is Machiavellian. Jenny Lee (professor of HE, Uni Arizona) was quick to suggest (via Twitter) the move “has little to do with immigration but rather strong-arm universities to fully open.”

Which hasn’t worked with Harvard U, which announces it will teach all classes on-line in the new academic year, even to the first-years who will be allowed to live on campus