The ability to enroll international students was revoked by Harvard

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She said that President Trump is hurting the economy and punishing people who disagree with him. “The only ones who benefit from Donald Trump’s actions are China and other countries who are already recruiting these students. It’s the same as America First.

Harvard’s 42 varsity sports teams are the most in the nation, and Sportico reported last month that 21% of the players on the school’s rosters for the 2024-25 seasons — or 196 out of 919 athletes — had international hometowns. The site noted that some could be U.S. citizens or green card holders who wouldn’t need one of the international visas at issue in an escalating fight premised by the administration’s assertions that the school failed to protect Jewish students from antisemitism.

The potential impact of the visa ban was not part of the interview request from The AP. A Harvard athletics spokesman on Thursday referred a request for comment to the school’s main media information office, which did not immediately respond. The Harvard coaches did not respond to the AP’s request.

Noem said that the Harvard campus was being held accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party. “It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments. There was lots of time for Harvard to do the right thing. It refused to accept the decision.

Instead of targeting individual students at Harvard, the Trump administration is going after the university’s ability to enroll international students altogether. Unlike Columbia, which capitulated to a list of Trump’s demands, Harvard has generally refused to comply with the administration’s requests that it hand over data on its international students; “audit” its academic programs, as well as students’ and faculty’s political views; and change its governance structure and hiring practices.

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On the school’s website, seven of the eight rowers on the men’s team list their international hometowns. Mick Thompson, the leading scorer last season, and Jack Bar, who was a captain, are among a handful of Canadians on the men’s hockey roster; 10 of the 13 members of the men’s squash team and more than half of the women’s soccer and golf rosters also list foreign hometowns.

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Source: Harvard’s ability to enroll international students revoked. And, summer book releases

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The Trump administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus, according to a statement from the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

“Not knowing whether or not you’re going to have 25% of your students is something [Harvard] can’t leave until later in the summer,” says Shaun Carver, who has spent more than 20 years working in international education. He’s currently the executive director of University of California, Berkeley’s International House, a residential “living and learning” center that hosts nearly 600 students and scholars from around the world.

“This makes international students wonder if the U.S. is still a safe and welcoming place to study,” he says. “We’re already seeing fewer international applications this year.”

In the last year, international students contributed over forty-four billion dollars to the US economy. Association of International Educators.

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A judge has halted the effort to take away Harvard’s certification. International students are safe at the university right now.