A proposed DHS rule would dismantle Duration of Status, a long-standing policy allowing F and J students and scholars to remain in the U.S. as long as they made progress on academic and research objectives. The new approach would limit stays to an institution’s expected program end date, with time generally capped at four years and shorter departure windows—30 days rather than 60—after students complete or fail to meet program requirements. Students needing additional time would have to seek extensions through immigration rather than relying on institutional continuation. Universities—including the University of Pittsburgh, which advised some students to hire counsel—are likely to see more case-by-case compliance work as extension requests move to federal authorities rather than being mediated by campus processes. Advocacy groups argued that the policy shifts “life-changing educational decisions” from educators and institutions to the federal immigration system and could reduce transfer and major change options for students under visa restrictions.