College responds to Trump's order with refugee scholarship

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

College responds to Trump's order with refugee scholarship
Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Updated 12:10 am, Monday, February 6, 2017


BOSTON (AP) — A tiny liberal arts college in Massachusetts has created a refugee scholarship in response to President Donald Trump's order on immigration and refugees and is calling on other colleges to do the same.

Wheaton College in Norton announced the offer after the Republican billionaire issued his Jan. 27 executive order, suspending America's refugee program and halting immigration to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries. On Saturday, the U.S. government suspended enforcement of the ban a day after a federal judge in Washington state temporarily blocked it.

 
College President Dennis Hanno said the scholarship is meant to demonstrate that Wheaton embraces its foreign-born community, even as the White House moves in the opposite direction.

"We value the different perspectives people from all around the world bring to Wheaton," he said, noting that about 18 percent of the college's 1,650 students hail from more than 70 different foreign nations. "It's about wanting to take immediate action to preserve that environment we've created here."

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/College-responds-to-Trump-s-order-with-refugee-10910632.php

[DK504]

1. That's the American way!!!!

"Wheaton College in Norton announced the offer after the Republican billionaire issued his Jan. 27 executive order, "

It would be great if he were an actual billionaire.

[politicat]

2. FYI - this is the Wheaton that practices good behavior, not the one that fires profs for hijab.

There are two Wheaton Colleges. This one is in New England, and is generally very, very good on social justice. The other is in Illinois, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the raving end of the Religious Right.