German Rectors' Conference Declares Solidarity with Harvard

Following the US government's announcement to ban foreign students from the elite Harvard University, university associations in Germany have expressed their solidarity with the Massachusetts-based university. "If science in the US is now shut down, patronized, and restricted for political reasons, this will cause enormous damage to the global science system," said Walter Rosenthal, President of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK), to the "Reda…

Following the announcement by the U.S. government to exclude foreign students from the elite university Harvard, university associations in Germany have declared solidarity with the university in the state of Massachusetts. {/mprestriction} "If science in the U.S. is now shut down, patronized and restricted from political motives, then this is causing enormous damage to the global science system," said the president of the University Rectors' Co…