A University of Illinois senior administrator says President Trump’s recent Executive Order halting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries could be harmful to the university’s mission. Executive Vice-President Barb Wilson says the U of I needs what she calls “open doors” to fulfill its mission.
“We need international students, and faculty, and visiting scholars to come here, and we need to be able to send our students to other countries to learn and to engage in scholarship.”
Wilson says this Executive Order puts that ability into question. She says the U of I is still compiling data, but that “well over 300” students, faculty and visiting scholars could be affected by the order. She says the university is advising those from the seven countries on the list to defer any international travel until pending legal challenges are resolved.