As governments and everyday citizens around the globe work to understand the true implications of the U.S. travel ban issued by President Trump's executive order, so too does the world of academia. See how the discussion is unfolding with this collection of the latest articles related to the ban.
Universities Canada speaks out against Trump's U.S. travel ban
The Globe and Mail
Canada's universities have issued a rare political statement, opposing the temporary ban on the entry of citizens from seven countries to the United States and the suspension of all refugee admissions.
Forceful Response
Inside Higher Ed
The Trump administration's entry ban triggered wide condemnation from colleges, associations, faculty groups and others in higher education.
How Trump's Immigration Order Is Affecting Higher Education
The Atlantic
Experts worry about the impact on academia and scholarship.
Trump's immense power already a threat to universities
The Times Higher Education
Immigration restrictions jeopardise traditions that made US universities great, writes John Morgan.
Colleges Must Find Ways to Serve Students Shut Out by the Ban
The Chronicle of Higher Education
President Trump's order runs counter to an established U.S. foreign-policy goal in the Middle East: to develop "informed critical thinkers resistant to extremist appeals."
Trump's immigration ban is already having a chilling effect on science
Vox
"They just consider us to be terrorists," say Iranian researchers who are considering leaving the US for good.
International students, academics at U.S. universities face uncertainty over Trump's 'Muslim ban'
Study International
Over the weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called "Muslim ban" has affected thousands of foreign students and academics from the Muslim-majority countries included in the ban.
Trump's Ban Isn't Just Inhumane - It'll Make America Dumber
Wired
Alireza Edraki spends weekends in the lab. It's what he does. For the past three years, test tubes full of bacteria have been his constant companions. Not this weekend. "I'm so stressed out that I can't work," he says.
Should academics boycott Donald Trump's America?
The Guardian
We face a difficult choice: stay away in solidarity with Muslim colleagues banned from the US or be there to lend support to critical voices.