More students living in the United States are now eyeing Canada for higher education, following a sharp turn in education policy under president Donald Trump. His administration has cut federal funding to several universities and revoked the visas of many foreign students, especially those involved in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Deportation proceedings have also begun for some. […]
Harvard defies Trump, faces $2.3bn federal funding freeze US President Donald Trump threatened to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status, intensifying an ongoing battle between the White House and the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. The move came after Harvard rejected a list of policy changes demanded by the Trump administration, including shifts in […]
Former US President Barack Obama praised Harvard University for defying what he described as a “ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom,” after the Trump administration froze $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts over the university’s refusal to comply with new federal directives.“Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions – rejecting […]
File photo: Harvard University campus. (Sophie Park/The New York Times) In early April, US President Donald Trump asked a simple, incendiary question in a private White House lunch: “What if we never pay them?” The “them” was Harvard University, and the “pay” was $9 billion in federal grants. As per a New York Times report, […]
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who was detained by US immigration authorities in March over “antisemitism on campus”, has described the conditions in the detention facility as “inhumane” and “unsafe.” Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was arrested by US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents near her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March […]
Harvard says it won’t give in to Trump administration, won’t accept the demands. Harvard University took a bold step in resisting the Donald Trump administration’s demands, knowing that it would affect its funds. In a detailed statement, the university said the administration issued an updated and expanded list of demands, warning that Harvard must comply […]
Human remains found at Temple University construction site Construction work at Temple University came to an unexpected halt this week after workers unearthed human remains and fragments of caskets at a site on North Broad Street, part of a planned facility for the university’s Klein College of Media and Communication.According to CBS News, the remains […]
Mahmoud Khalil can be deported out of US, a judge ruled. ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”/> Mahmoud Khalil can be deported out of US, a judge ruled. An immigration judge in Louisiana on Friday ruled that Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported out of the country as a national security risk. Khalil’s case was one […]
Several Harvard students have got their visas revoked by the Trump administration. Amid the Donald Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown on international students, several students of Harvard got their visas revoked recently, the university confirmed without revealing any further details for privacy reasons. The Harvard International Office announced that three students and two recent graduates from […]
The Trump administration is preparing to block $510 million in federal contracts and grants to Brown University, as part of a wider campaign to crack down on what it described as relentless anti-semitism on university campuses, as per two White House officials familiar with the plans.Brown is now the fifth American university to face the […]
