An executive order issued by President Donald Trump on Friday halts entry to the U.S. from seven predominantly Muslim countries, and has left Indiana colleges and universities scrambling to adjust. The sweeping, indiscriminate and abrupt character of President Trump’s recent Executive Order halts the work of valued students and colleagues, said John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame, in a statement. We respectfully urge the president to rescind this order. Jenkins is the head of one of a many of colleges and universities across the Hoosier state who have decried the executive order. The order freezes entry to the U.S. for people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen for 90 days. It also indefinitely freezes entry into the U.S. for Syrian refugees. International students and faculty across the state have reported changing or cancelling travel plans, for fear of not being able to return to the country. Institutions of higher education are urging them do as such. Institutions