President Trump signed an executive order that enacted a 90-day ban on refugees and immigrants from certain predominantly Muslim countries. A few federal judges put some limits on the executive order late Saturday but the overall thrust of it remained intact. At least 21 Nobel laureates and numerous academics signed a petition against the executive order. Other countries have set the goal of surpassing the United States as the global leader in higher education, research, and innovation. We are quite concerned about the experience of one of our students upon returning to the United States from Sudan late Friday.

Source: Washington Post January 29, 2017 06:48 UTC