STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS FLEEING FROM VIOLENCE AND HUMANITARIAN CRISES
Sign-On Opportunity for Institutional and Organizational Leaders
The war in Ukraine and the resulting humanitarian crisis have accelerated a call to action by colleges and universities to support refugees and displaced students worldwide. We strongly condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war has not only caused thousands of civilian deaths and forced millions of Ukrainians to flee, but also has led thousands of Russians to seek safety from their repressive regime, including those in academia. While the tragedy is acute in Ukraine, unfortunately it is not unique to that country. Students, academics, and their families from numerous countries throughout the world continue to seek refuge and relief while international students and scholars attending U.S. universities and colleges struggle to make ends meet and keep up their studies while their home countries are in turmoil. We express solidarity with all of these impacted students and scholars currently on our campuses and stand eager to welcome scholars and enroll additional students seeking education and safety.
We support our nation doing more to relieve the plight of those impacted by events beyond their control. We applaud the administration for implementing policies that ensure that students and scholars from impacted countries are provided key lifesaving and educational protections. We urge the administration to advance policies that are inclusive, equitable, and durable:
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Make visas available to displaced international students and scholars who qualify to come here, and ensure regulatory processes support them during their stay here.
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Move quickly to launch broader scale private sponsorship of refugees, including university sponsorship of refugee students, by using the new P-4 category in refugee admissions.
These measures are an opportunity for the United States to stand by its values and will significantly expand the United States’ humanitarian reach by enabling U.S. colleges and universities to play a key role in accelerating displaced and refugee students’ higher education access and success. We in higher education stand ready to meet this moment to address the urgent challenges facing fleeing and displaced students and scholars.
First Name | Last Name | Title | Institution | City | State |
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Linda | Abramson Evans | Founder, Volunteer Guide to Refugee Service Agencies in Dallas-Fort Worth | Task Force, Dallas Office of Welcoming Communities and Immigrant Affairs | Dallas | TX |
Carmen | Ambar | President | Oberlin College | Oberlin | OH |
David | Anderson | President | St. Olaf College | Northfield | MN |
William | Armaline | Director | SJSU Human Rights Institute | San Jose | CA |
Kelli | Armstrong | President | Salve Regina University | Newport | RI |
Steve | Bahls | President | Augustana College | Rock Island | IL |
Allan | Belton | President | Pacific Lutheran University | Tacoma | WA |
Esther | Benjamin | CEO & Executive Director | World Education Services, Inc. | New York | NY |
Dr. Joanne | Berger-Sweeney | President | Trinity College | Hartford | CT |
Joe | Bertolino | President | Southern Connecticut State University | New Haven | CT |
Audrey | Bilger | President | Reed College | Portland | OR |
Anne | Blackhurst | President | Minnesota State University Moorhead | Moorhead | MN |
Brock | Blomberg | President | California Institute of Integral Studies | San Francisco | CA |
Leon | Botstein | President | Bard College | Annandale-on-Hudson | NY |
Jonathan | Brand | President | Cornell College | Mount Vernon | IA |
Alison | Byerly | President | Carleton College | Northfield | MN |
Nancy | Cantor | Chancellor and Distinguished Professor | Rutgers University-Newark | Newark | NJ |
anthony | cernera | President | Being the Blessing Foundation | Fairfield | CT |
Terrence | Cheng | President | Connecticut State Colleges and Universities | Hartford | CT |
Carol | Christ | Chancellor | UC Berkeley | Berkeley | CA |
E. LaBrent | Chrite | President | Bentley University | Waltham | MA |
Bryan | Coker | President | Maryville College | Maryville | TN |
Shirley M. | Collado, Ph.D. | President & CEO | College Track | Oakland | CA |
Joe | Coon | Interim President | Niskanen Center | Washington | D.C. |
Isiaah | Crawford | President | University of Puget Sound | Tacoma | WA |
Raymond | Crossman | President | Adler University | Chicago | IL |
Michael | Crow | President | Arizona State University | Tempe | AZ |
Jose Luis | Cruz Rivera | President | Northern Arizona University | Flagstaff | AZ |
Janine | Davidson | President | Metropolitan State University, Denver | Denver | CO |
James W. | Dean, Jr. | President | University of New Hampshire | Durham | NH |
James | Dlugos | President | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | Standish | ME |
Michael V. | Drake, MD | President | University of California System | Oakland | CA |
Noelle | E Cockett | President | Utah State University | Logan | UT |
Raj | Echambadi | President | Illinois Institute of Technology | Chicago | IL |
Mark | Erickson | President | Northampton Community College | Bethlehem | PA |
Miriam | Feldblum | Executive Director | Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration | Washington | D.C. |
Jane K. | Fernandes | President | Antioch College | Yellow Springs | OH |
David | Finegold | President | Chatham University | Pittsburgh | PA |
John | Fry | President | Drexel University | Philadelphia | AL |
Montserrat | Fuentes | President | St. Edward's University | Austin | TX |
Jonathan | Goldman | Executive Director | Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice | Boston | MA |
Bryon | Grigsby | President | Moravian University | Bethlehem | PA |
Gregory | Haile | President | Broward College | Ft Lauderdale | FL |
Antoinette | Hays | President | Regis College | Weston | MA |
Becca | Heller | Executive Director | International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) | New York | NY |
Sue | Henderson | President | New Jersey City University | Jersey City | NJ |
Elizabeth | Hillman | President | Mills College | Oakland | CA |
Dan | Hocoy | President | Goddard College | Plainfield | VT |
Samuel | Hoi | President | Maryland Institute College of Art | Baltimore | MD |
Dr. Mayme | Hostetter | President | Relay Graduate School of Education | New York | NY |
Deneece | Huftalin | President | Salt Lake Community College | Salt Lake City | UT |
Glenda | Humiston | Vice President | University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources | Oakland | CA |
Cristle Collins | Judd | President | Sarah Lawrence College | Yonkers | NY |
Mary Ellen | Jukoski | President | Three Rivers Community College | East Lyme | CT |
Erol | Kekic | Senior Vice President, Programs | Church World Service | New York | NY |
Marisa | Kelly | President | Suffolk University | Boston | MA |
Renu | Khator | Chancellor/President | University of Houston | Houston | TX |
John | Knapp | President | Washington & Jefferson College | Washington | PA |
Marvin | Krislov | President | Pace University | New York | NY |
Cynthia | Larive | Chancellor | University of California, Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | CA |
Paul | LeBlanc | President | SNHU | Manchester | NH |
Arien | Mack | Director | New University in Exile Consortium | NEW YORK | NY |
Ali R. | Malekzadeh, Ph.D. | President | Roosevelt University | Chicago | IL |
Sarah | Mangelsdorf | President | University of Rochester | Rochester | NY |
Philomena | Mantella | President | Grand Valley State University | Grand Rapids | MI |
Biddy | Martin | President | Amherst College | Amherst | MA |
Mike | Martin | President | Florida Gulf Coast University | Ft Myers | FL |
Gary S. | May | Chancellor | University of California, Davis | Davis | CA |
Dwight A. | McBride | President | The New School | New York | NY |
Kathleen | McCartney | President | Smith College | Northampton | MA |
Joyce | McConnell | President | Colorado State University | Fort Collins | CO |
Patricia | McGuire | President | Trinity Washington University | Washington | D.C. |
Maurie | McInnis | President | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | NY |
Judy | Miner | Chancellor | Foothill-De Anza Community College District | Los Altos Hills | CA |
Sam | Minner | President | New Mexico Highlands University | Las Vegas | NM |
David | Munson | President | Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester | NY |
Kathleen | Murray | President | Whitman College | Walla Walla | WA |
Robert | Nelsen | President | Sacramento State | Sacramento | CA |
John | Nicklow | President | University of New Orleans | New Orleans | LA |
Elsa | Núñez | President | Eastern Connecticut State University | Willimantic | CT |
Dr. Maureen | O'Connor | President | Palo Alto University | Palo Alto | CA |
Daniel | Phelan | President & CEO | Jackson College | Jackson | MI |
David | Podell | President | Massachusetts Bay Community College | Wellesley | MA |
Martha E. | Pollack | President | Cornell University | Ithaca | NY |
David | Potash | President | Wilbur Wright College | Chicago | IL |
Katrina | Powell | Director | Center for Refugee, Migrant, and Displacement Studies | Blacksburg | VA |
Avis | Proctor | President | William Rainey Harper College | Palatine | IL |
Taylor | Randall | President | University of Utah | Salt Lake City | UT |
Wendy | Raymond | President | Haverford College | Haverford | PA |
Shai | Reshef | President | University of the People | Pasadena | CA |
Havidan | Rodriguez | President | University at Albany, SUNY | Albany | NY |
Kim | Schatzel, Ph.D. | President | Towson University | Towson | MD |
Brian | Shanley | President | St. John's University | Queens | NY |
Lisa | Skari | President | Mt. Hood Community College | Gresham | OR |
Neal | Smatresk | President | University of North Texas | Denton | TX |
G. Gabrielle | Starr | President | Pomona College | Claremont | CA |
Amy | Storey | President | Keuka College | Keuka Park | NY |
Marcelo | Suarez-Orozco | Chancellor | University of Massacusetts Boston | Boston | MA |
Kumble | Subbaswamy | Chancellor | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst | MA |
John | Sygielski | President | HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College | Harrisburg | PA |
Jennie | Ta | President | California Institute of Advanced Management | Alhambra | CA |
Minh-Hoa | Ta | President | University of the West | Rosemead | CA |
Quint | Thurman | President | University of the Southwest | Hobbs | NM |
Dr. Denise | Trauth | President | Texas State University | San Marcos | TX |
Matthew | Turk | President | Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago | Chicago | IL |
Joyce | Vining Morgan | Founder (retired) | Educational Transitions | Brattleboro | VT |
Robbyn | Wacker | President | St Cloud State University | Saint Cloud | MN |
Michaele | Whelan | President | Wheaton College | Norton | MA |
Lori S. | White | President | DePauw University | Greencastle | IN |
Wim | Wiewel | President | Lewis & Clark College | Portland | OR |
Kim A. | Wilcox | Chancellor | University of California, Riverside | Riverside | CA |
M. Roy | Wilson | President | Wayne State University | Detroit | MI |
A. James | Wohlpart | President | Central Washington University | Ellensburg | WA |