Harvard will be ok. Most students will defer until things normalize.
But for a lot of local/state schools, this is a death knell. There is only one thing they can do anymore to survive.
Lower standards of admission to enroll more domestic students and then raise tuition costs.
Well, there is another alternative. Default on debts, lay off admin and faculty and reduce number of programs.
Either way, the ripple effect of this on college towns, downstream services and average quality of education will be so high that there will be a lot of damage going around. And this is not even counting the long-term impact of lack of skilled American educated labor force or the permanent damage due to competing countries seizing the market for good.
Dubai might be immigration-friendly... unless you're gay, or trans, or non-Muslim and want to tell other people what you believe, or (I suspect) pro-democracy. That might not be a great place for a branch of an Ivy League school.
This isnt strictly true. Although gay/trans rights are not recognized by law, there is no real enforcement of the law itself. People are to some degree free to do/be as they please. As for non-muslims, it hasnt ever been an issue - there are churches and hindu temples around as well.
Ivies should work together on these far flung campus complexes (regardless of politics; it disintermediates US residency requirements from participation ability). Just as you have the Greeks or interest groups on campus, there’s no reason higher eds couldn’t share physical facilities. The value is the in person networking, no different than startup accelerators.
A significant amount of the world is currently learning how to operate with country borders closed, now is a great time to prototype such a model. Geography should not slow down learning or innovation.
But for a lot of local/state schools, this is a death knell. There is only one thing they can do anymore to survive.
Lower standards of admission to enroll more domestic students and then raise tuition costs.
Well, there is another alternative. Default on debts, lay off admin and faculty and reduce number of programs.
Either way, the ripple effect of this on college towns, downstream services and average quality of education will be so high that there will be a lot of damage going around. And this is not even counting the long-term impact of lack of skilled American educated labor force or the permanent damage due to competing countries seizing the market for good.