Ball State has asked its four students studying in Japan to return to Indiana because of concerns for their safety as conditions in the country worsen following the country's most devastating earthquake on record.
The U.S. State Department issued a travel warning on March 18. Now there is a concern about radioactive contamination reaching greater distances from the stricken nuclear power plant in Dai-Ichi, and the threat of additional strong earthquakes, according to an email sent by Marilyn Buck, associate provost and dean of the University College.
"Ball State University is temporarily cancelling the Japan portion of our exchange agreement and is requiring that you return to Ball State to continue your studies," the email said. "We are asking you to make immediate plans to leave Japan."
A university committee is writing a policy to handle situations like this, a school spokesman said. It would require international programs to be suspended in areas that are subject to a formal travel warning from the State Department.
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