‘A Renewed U.S. Commitment to International Education’

Miriam Feldblum, co-founder and executive director of the Presidents Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, an organization of college leaders focused on the intersection of higher education and immigration policy, described the new statement as “a crucial step along the road to create a national strategy for international student recruitment and retention.

“In this statement there are echoes of what we’ve been asking the Biden-Harris administration since the transition to start articulating,” Feldblum said. “It did not stop with a vague commitment to international education and international students. It was specific about the importance of OPT, about the importance of retention, about the impact to the economy on innovation, on communities.”

“We take this seriously,” she added. “We think that it’s the beginning of some really important conversations and action.”