Harvard University, Trump administration and international
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As with another recent ruling, which prohibited the administration from going after the law firm Perkins Coie for activities the administration does not favor, the administration’s newest attack on Harvard is based on the university’s apparent “anti-American” values.
The larger legal battle between Harvard and the Trump administration could raise questions of retaliation versus executive authority.
Students speak out while Harvard University faces scrutiny from President Trump over admissions and antisemitism, with funding cuts and a lawsuit highlighting issues of elitism.
The administration has frozen funding and targeted international students as it presses the university for a stronger response to alleged antisemitism.
The Trump administration is pulling out all the stops to try to get Harvard University to cave to its demands. After the Ivy League university said it would not change its hiring and admissions policies or eliminate diversity,
The university agreed to most of the Trump administration’s demands for changes, but the funding has as yet to be restored and Columbia has announced it was laying off nearly 180 staff members. Meanwhile, Harvard ... incidents and review its response ...
While executive orders against firms haven’t totally deterred firms in the Am Law 50 from suing the administration, their timing has coincided with a decline in suits filed by large firms oriented toward transactions.
The White House is ramping up its crackdown on antisemitism in the wake of the Washington shooting that left two young Israeli Embassy staffers dead Wednesday night. The administration has for
College officials fear that President Trump may use international enrollment as leverage to demand changes on campuses elsewhere.