Donald Trump calls for 15% cap on foreign students in Harvard University to make it ‘great again’

[ad_1] US President Trump said on Wednesday that Harvard University should reduce its number of international students to around 15 per cent in order to improve access for American students. This follows recent actions by the administration to freeze federal funding and restrict Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign students.“I think they should have a cap […]

Chants and posters echoes through the campus amid Trump admin’s recent announcements on the crackdown of Harvard University

[ad_1] Harvard filed a lawsuit on April 21 over the Trump administration’s push to change the university’s leadership, rules and admissions policies. After that, the administration cut the school’s federal funding, tried to stop international student enrollment and threatened to remove its tax-exempt status. (Image credit: AP& ANI) [ad_2] Source link

Did Harvard University reject Barron Trump? What US First Lady Melania Trump said

[ad_1] Did Harvard reject Barron Trump? Here’s what First Lady Melania Trump said Did Barron Trump apply to Harvard and get rejected? That’s the question swirling across social media amid political tensions between the US President Donald Trump’s administration and elite universities.However, First Lady Melania Trump refuted speculation that her son, Barron Trump, had applied […]

Strike shutters Zimbabwe’s main university | World News

[ad_1] HARARE: More than 100 lecturers and teaching staff picketed at Zimbabwe’s main university Tuesday to back a five-week wage strike that has already forced the cancellation of exams.Lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe downed tools on April 16 to demand an increase in salary from $230 (US dollars) to $2,500 per month, the amount […]

‘They’re 31% foreign and won’t tell us who they are’: Donald Trump on Harvard University row

[ad_1] ‘They’re 31% foreign and won’t tell us who they are’: Donald Trump on Harvard University row US President Donald Trumpon Sunday defended his administration’s controversial move to block foreign students from enrolling at Harvard University, doubling down after a federal judge suspended the action that the university called “unlawful and unconstitutional.“Speaking to reporters, Trump […]

Belgium’s future queen, a Harvard student, responds to Trump vs university fight: ‘A lot can…’

[ad_1] Belgium Palace has issued a statement for Princess Elisabeth who is an international student in Harvard. Princess Elisabeth, the future queen of Belgium, is one of the 6,800 foreign students enrolled in Harvard University, whose fate now hangs in the balance as the Donald Trump administration barred the university from taking international students.As Harvard […]

Harvard University row: Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s move to ban foreign student enrollment

[ad_1] A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s ban preventing Harvard University from enrolling international students.US District Judge Allison Burroughs issued the ruling hours after Harvard filed a lawsuit challenging the government’s decision. Harvard described the move to revoke its certification under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) as “clear retaliation” […]

Indian-origin Howard University professor says H-1B visas have no connection to US worker shortage

[ad_1] Howard professor Ron Hira weighed in on the recent H-1B uproar. Howard University professor Ron Hira said H-1B visa programs that allow US companies to hire skilled labour from outside the country have no connection to merit or shortage of US workers for those specific jobs.Ron Hira, whose parents were Indians and came to […]

Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk, arrested by ICE for her op-ed in university newspaper, released by judge

[ad_1] Ozturk was arrested dramatically in front of her apartment by masked ICE agents. US district judge William Sessions has granted bail to Tufts student Rumetsa Ozturk, a Turkish student who is in the country on a student visa which the ICE revoked and arrested her after she wrote an op-ed in a university newspaper.Her […]

21 University of Washington students suspended for pro-Palestinian protest

[ad_1] Damage is seen to a CNC machine inside of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building on University of Washington’s campus after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the space in Seattle (Image: AP) The University of Washington has suspended the 21 students arrested earlier this week for occupying an engineering building during a pro-Palestinian protest, the school announced Wednesday. […]