Anticipating Travel Bans, Universities Put International Students on High Alert

Ivy League schools Brown and Cornell advised students from some countries, including China, to take precautions and travel early.

People walk through the gate on Harvard Yard at the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass., on June 29, 2023. Scott Eisen/Getty Images

Universities in various states are advising international students and staff to consider cutting their semester break short and returning to campus before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025.

The institutions say they fear that Trump will immediately enact a travel ban preventing certain foreign nationals from reentering the United States.