US President Donald Trump’s adviser on science and technology Jonathan Garber said Harvard University is based on research and not on political views. “It hurts Harvard but it hurts the country because research funding is not a gift and is awarded by the federal government,” he added. Harvard has been criticised over antisemitism on campus and its assertion that Harvard lacks political “viewpoint diversity”.
Learn more →Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust has said the US government’s ban on international students at the university “reinforces the troubling entitlement mentality that is endemic in our nation’s most prestigious universities and colleges”. The federal government had banned Harvard from recruiting international students in the US last week over its compliance with the law. It also said Harvard doesn’t comply with civil rights laws.
Learn more →Harvard University on Friday said that the US government has revoked its ability to enrol international students. This comes after Harvard sued the Trump administration for revoking its ability to enrol international students. Harvard said that the administration sought to prevent the school from enroling thousands of international students. The university added that international students contribute $43.8 billion to the US economy.
Learn more →Harvard University’s athletic programme will not be allowed to take international student visas under a Trump administration decision made on Thursday. This comes after the US revoked Harvard’s ability to enrol international students revoked its SEVIS status. Students have an impossible situation due toHarvard’s revocation of its SEVIS status, the suit claims.
Learn more →The University of Maryland’s class of 2025 received their diplomas on Thursday, with the school’s commencement speaker being ‘The Frog’ inventor and environmental activist Maurice Sendak. In his speech to the graduates, Sendak urged them to not jump over one another and said, “Get what you want, not jump over someone to get it, because life is better when we leap together.”
Learn more →Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas on Wednesday argued that leaving a religious school in a charter school programme amounts to discrimination against religious adherents and their constitutional right to the free exercise of religion. The Oklahoma Supreme Court had said it would put the school at odds with Supreme Court decisions that prevent religious prayer and instruction in public education.
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