Dive Brief:
- Texas' Navaro College has said it is rejecting all international student applications from countries stricken with Ebola virus outbreaks.
- The community college told several rejected applicants that Ebola was the reason for their rejection, but it later said those applicants weren't accepted because the college was trying to fill international student slots with Chinese and Indonesians, Inside Higher Ed reported.
- The senior advisor for public policy at NAFSA: Association of International Educators said rejecting students from countries with Ebola outbreaks would be concerning, pointing out that the U.S. is now one of those countries.
Dive Insight:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it doesn’t recommend that colleges and universities isolate or quarantine students, faculty, or staff based on their travel to countries with Ebola. Instead, they should receive a risk assessment, and if they have been out of an Ebola-stricken country for 21 days without symptoms, no more assessments are needed.