The Trump administration halted Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students Thursday amid an ongoing standoff between the government and the Ivy League school.
Harvard has refused to adhere to a set of demands issued by the Trump administration’s Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism that included sweeping reforms to whom the university can hire and admit, and to subject the ideology of its current faculty to an audit approved by the government.
The abrupt termination of Harvard’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification is a major escalation in the dispute that could have severe financial consequences for Harvard, which enrolls nearly 6,800 international students out of a student body of 24,596. Current international students at Harvard will need to transfer or lose their legal status.
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