We are following a story first exposed by two Bloomberg journalists about six universities that are taking unfair advantage of the US visa system. The program is called Day 1 CPT.
According to the article, "By exploiting a federal on-the-job-training rule, people from India, China and elsewhere can work full time while completing most classes online and showing up in person only a few times a year."
All of these schools are regionally accredited.
The article listed Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (Pennsylvania-Middle States), University of the Cumberlands (Kentucky-SACS), Trine University (Indiana-HLC), Campbellsville University (Kentucky-SACS), Westcliff University (California-WSCUC), and New England College (New Hampshire-NECHE).
Larger Questions of Fairness and Justice
Bloomberg indicated that this legal (but questionable) visa scheme began in 2014, but did not mention whether the students' employers were complicit or actively involved in gaming the system.
They also failed to mention the much larger issue of the federal government issuing so many student visas, while large numbers of American born students are denied access to state universities and private schools that receive federal funds.
F-1 students also compete with domestic students for good jobs after graduation, potentially leading to lower wages and reduced opportunities for U.S. citizens.
Currently, the US issues more than 400,000 F-1 student visas each year.
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