It is not immediately clear why students’ visas were terminated. Some schools said the federal government had not notified them of their students’ change of status, but rather learned about it when reviewing records.

The federal government has not notified the universities about their students’ change of visa status. They rather learned about it when records were reviewed.

The university's president, Frederick W. Clark Jr., said school officials are “not aware of any activity conducted by the student that may have justified the visa revocation.”