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Elizabeth Moore Hall at West Virginia University. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress
Proposed legislation seeking to ban all Chinese nationals from studying in the United States has caused alarm in architecture schools and around higher education, adding to a climate of fear on campuses that has cropped up rapidly with the start of the new Trump Administration.
Currently, the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) estimates that 15% of all students enrolled in National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAACB)-accredited architecture degree programs while another 7% of all faculty at ACSA member schools identify as either Asian of East Indian.
Representative Riley Moore of West Virginia introduced the bill in February under the auspices of national security. Some have likened it to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.