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Trump’s Crackdown on Foreign Student Visas Could Derail Critical AI Research
Trump Administration’s Foreign Student Visa Crackdown Could Wreak Havoc on STEM Research
Restricting student visas and reducing the number of foreign nationals studying computer science “will profoundly impact the field in the United States,” says Rebecca Willett, a professor in the University of Chicago whose work focuses on the mathematical and statistical foundations of machine learning. Willett adds that the move “risks depleting a vital pipeline of skilled professionals, weakening the US workforce, and jeopardizing the nation's position as a global leader in computing technology.” “It is my sense, from being a faculty member at both public and private universities in the United States, that foreign students pursuing STEM careers have been critical to the very existence of graduate programs in the relevant science and engineering disciplines,” Lazonick tells WIRED.
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