From CHE:

The [new Trump Administratin] guidance, which is expected to be released any day, would make visas valid for four years or the anticipated length of a student’s degree — whichever is shorter. Students in longer programs like doctorates would have to apply for an extension to finish their studies.

It’s a shift from longstanding policy that allows, with few exceptions, visa holders to remain in the United States as long as they continue to be full-time students. Under the current system, known as “duration of status,” students can take as long as they need to graduate or even start another degree program — say, a master’s after earning a B.A. — without applying for a new visa.

Since a Ph.D. program in philosophy is almost never completed in just four years, this means that foreign students will have to “roll the dice” that their visa will be renewed after four years of work. Add to this, of course, that the Trump Administration has made clear that foreigners here on student visas do not have real constitutional rights, and this new rule will surely depress even further foreign enrollment.

I’d be curious to hear from foreign students how they now view all this? For those who are still thinking about graduate study, will you still consider the U.S., and if not, what countries are you looking at? For those who have already chosen to study at schools not in the U.S., where are you now?