Purdue doubles down, insists there’s no ‘ban of applicants’ from certain countries
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PURDUE DOUBLES DOWN: THERE IS NO ‘BAN OF APPLICANTS’ FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES
Purdue doubled down this week on its insistence that some sort of unwritten policy discouraging or even banning graduate students from China and other countries simply isn’t the case.
In an unsigned statement issued Monday evening by the university, Purdue officials issued what they called a “clarification on admissions in light of recent misreporting in certain media.”
“As evidenced by the admissions offers already being made in the ongoing undergraduate and graduate admissions season, there is no ‘ban of applicants’ from the Countries of Concern listed by the U.S. Government,” the statement read.
That followed a comment from Provost Patrick Wolfe in a January interview with BiL, when he denied there was a ban or a policy, written or unwritten: “If there’s been any source of confusion, it’s probably come from the adjustments we’ve made to make sure that we’re hewing to our responsibilities to national security.”
This week, Purdue officials declined to offer metrics – whether by the percentage of admissions offers sent by country or another way – that backed up the new statement and showed “the admissions offers already being made in the ongoing undergraduate and graduate admissions season.”
Wolfe did not immediately respond to a request for additional context.
A Purdue spokesman responded: “Purdue does not publish incomplete data in an ongoing admissions season.”
