密歇根新闻广播 国际学生寻求新移民规则的“明确和指导”

 

Michigan schools, international students look for "clarity and guidance" on new immigration rule

Michigan colleges and universities are scrambling¹ to figure out what a new federal government rule means for their international students.

That comes after the government’s announcement this week that the government will no longer issue student visas to foreign students whose universities go to online-only classes.

Listen Listening...9:47 Listen to Krista McCallum Beatty's interview with Stateside.

Krista McCallum Beatty, director of Michigan State University’s Office for International Students and Scholars, was a guest on Stateside on Tuesday.

Beatty said MSU plans on doing a hybrid² model when school resumes in the fall—part online, part in-person. She said that to retain their visas, international students will need to take some in-person courses.

“But it looks like they will have more flexibility³ than usual in terms of the number of online courses they count toward maintaining their immigration status,” Beatty said.

Beatty said international students are now looking for “clarity and guidance.”

“They’re just looking for answers about, ‘ok, what do I need to do to maintain my immigration status and continue to progress toward completing my degree?’” she said.

Beatty said what’s not clear is what will happen if after resuming classes in the fall, schools are forced to go online-only due to the changing situation with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The University of Michigan also plans on a hybrid model. U of M put out a statement denouncing the new immigration rule on Tuesday. It reads, in part:

Given the poorly controlled nature of the COVID-19 pandemic in many places across our nation, institutions of higher education need to maintain flexibility in how we choose to safely deliver our curricula. Our international students must not be penalized⁴ if our best judgments⁵ dictate⁶ that we need to return to fully⁷ remote instruction.

We continue to oppose arbitrary restrictions⁸ on international students who have been and continue to be valuable members of our community of scholars. Even with this initial review that shows a less direct impact on our students, we agree with the statement from the Association of American Universities – of which U-M is a member – that calls this policy “immensely misguided and deeply cruel to the tens of thousands of international students who come to the United States every year.”

Michigan colleges and universities hosted more than 33,000 international students in 2019.

1 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 hybrid   

n.(动，植）杂种，混合物

参考例句：

• That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
• The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。

3 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。

4 penalized   

对…予以惩罚( penalize的过去式和过去分词 )； 使处于不利地位

参考例句：

• You will be penalized for poor spelling. 你拼写不好将会受到处罚。
• Team members will be penalized for lateness. 队员迟到要受处罚。

5 judgments   

判断( judgment的名词复数 )； 鉴定； 评价； 审判

参考例句：

• A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life. 他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻。
• He is swift with his judgments. 他判断迅速。

6 dictate   

v.口授；(使)听写；指令，指示，命令

参考例句：

• It took him a long time to dictate this letter.口述这封信花了他很长时间。
• What right have you to dictate to others?你有什么资格向别人发号施令？

7 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

8 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制