ASSOCIATIONS AND UNIVERSITIES REACT TO PRESIDENT’S IMMIGRATION EXECUTIVE ORDER
This week, higher education associations, scientific societies, and individual colleges and universities expressed strong concerns about President Trump’s January 27 executive order freezing for 90 days the entry into the U.S. of individuals from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Some of their communications are listed here, in date order.
- AAU Statement. AAU President Mary Sue Coleman on January 28 issued a statement urging the President to end the order as quickly as possible and to make clear that the U.S. continues to welcome individuals from all countries to study, teach, and conduct research and scholarship at our universities. President Coleman also spoke with CNN about the issue.
- AAU Universities’ Statements. AAU has posted on its website statements from its member universities .
- Higher Education Association Letter. Fifty-one higher education associations, including AAU, on January 31 sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John F. Kelly on maintaining the United States as a destination of choice for international students and scholars. The American Council on Education (ACE) led the activity.
- AAAS-Led Multi-Society Letter. A group of 171 scientific societies, higher education associations, and universities, including AAU, on January 31 sent a letter to President Trump urging the Administration to rescind the executive order. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) led the effort.
- University Presidents’ Letter. Forty-eight college and university leaders on February 2 sent a letter to President Trump urging him to rescind the executive order.
- ACE Community Letter Listing Institutions. Under the leadership of ACE, a group of 598 college and university presidents and several higher education associations, including AAU, today sent a letter to DHS Secretary Kelly expressing concern about the President’s executive order.