US Edition
‘Sword of Damocles’: Donald Trump’s Harvard attacks leave students anxious
- On May 27, 2025, the Trump administration revoked Harvard's certification to enroll international students, blocking thousands from admission.
- This decision followed allegations that Harvard coordinated with the Chinese Communist Party and refusal to change admissions policy, sparking a freeze of over $3 billion in federal funding.
- Harvard has about 6,800 international students, including 1,282 from China, and the directive demands many transfer to other schools to retain visa status.
- The university filed a lawsuit and obtained a temporary restraining order to pause the ban, while unions warned nearly 4,000 international workers face deportation amid legal uncertainties.
- The ongoing dispute threatens Harvard's academic diversity and finances and may force affected students to seek education outside the US or at alternative institutions.
24 Articles
24 Articles
Attacking academic independence: Trump assault on Harvard and all of higher ed - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
For Harvard University’s admirable standing up to the Trump administration’s attempts to dictate its campus policies, the White House is now trying to punish the school by revoking the Ivy League university’s ability to enroll international students through the Student and Exchange Visitor Information Program that enables foreign students to utilize their visas.
Letter to the editor: Attacks on Harvard intended to push students to Trump University
The Trump Administration recently announced that "Harvard University can no longer enroll foreign students and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status.”
The White House has begun the fight against several of the country's most prestigious universities. It intends to take advantage of their relative decline in recent years and the growing resentment of intellectuals and experts. Behind the cultural war between liberals and conservatives, it is also the university's place in the American economy that is at stake.
The US President's attacks seem almost indiscriminate at first glance: it's against universities like Harvard, climate research, health, women. But the thing makes a gloomy sense.
Chris Hayes Says the Silver Lining in Trump's Attacks on American Institutions Is That They Have 'No Choice but to Fight Back'
Chris Hayes opened Tuesday’s episode of his MSNBC show with a bleak look Donald Trump’s latest attacks on “our American birthright of a free and open society,” including against independent universities, real science and the free press. But despite grim recent events, Hayes argued that there is a “real silver lining” — that these institutions are being forced to fight him. Hayes began by talking about Trump’s escalating war on Harvard university…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 58% of the sources are Center
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
