Higher ed students, researchers feel pressure to leave US amid ‘environment of fear’

March 28, 2025

When Sol Gittleman, former Tufts University provost and professor, heard about the arrest of Tufts doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk, he felt paranoid.

While the United States has pushed people out of the country before, the way the arrest took place felt new to Gittleman.

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