Education

US abortion ruling leads to surge in students mulling transfers

From Times Higher Education: “About 20 percent of students currently based in areas where anti-abortion legislation is likely to be passed say they ‘definitely’ plan to transfer, while a quarter are considering it, according to a survey of 1,000 students by the online magazine Intelligent.com. Two other sites – Study.eu and HousingAnywhere.com, which specialise in connecting students to universities and housing options in Europe – have both reported unusually large surges in student interest. The latter said a year-on-year increase in enquiries from the US of about 85 percent climbed to nearly 200 percent in the days after the ruling ended the federally protected right to an abortion.”

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