International enrollment leaders are entering an awkward planning cycle. A major legal challenge may stop the fixed-admission-period rule, but institutions cannot assume the court calendar will line up with admissions, advising, SEVIS reporting, graduate funding, or revenue planning. The immediate leadership problem is how much preparation to undertake when the rule may be blocked but waiting for certainty could leave campuses exposed.

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The August 18 challenge to the Department of Homeland Security rule replacing duration of status with fixed admission periods, generally capped at four years, creates a planning problem even before the court rules. The complaint may ultimately stop the policy, but it does not by itself suspend implementation. Unless a court grants relief, institutions still have to prepare for the possibility that the rule takes effect on schedule.

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