{"id":150645,"date":"2025-05-23T01:11:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-administration-says-it-is-halting-harvards-ability-to-enroll-international-students-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T01:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:11:57","slug":"trump-administration-says-it-is-halting-harvards-ability-to-enroll-international-students-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-administration-says-it-is-halting-harvards-ability-to-enroll-international-students-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Says It Is Halting Harvard\u2019s Ability to Enroll International Students – The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The move was a major escalation in the administration\u2019s efforts to pressure the college to fall in line with President Trump\u2019s demands.
By <\/span>Michael S. Schmidt<\/a> and Michael C. Bender<\/a>
Michael S. Schmidt reported from New York, and Michael C. Bender from Washington.
The Trump administration on Thursday said it would halt Harvard University\u2019s ability to enroll international students, taking aim at a crucial funding source for the nation\u2019s oldest and wealthiest college in a major escalation of the administration\u2019s efforts to pressure the elite school to fall in line with the president\u2019s agenda.
The administration notified Harvard about the decision \u2014 which could affect about a quarter of the school\u2019s student body \u2014 after a back-and-forth in recent weeks over the legality of a sprawling records request<\/a> as part of the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s investigation, according to three people with knowledge of the negotiations. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
The latest move intensifies the administration\u2019s attempt to upend the culture of higher education by directly subverting the ability of one of the nation\u2019s premier universities to attract the best and brightest students from all over the world. That capability, across all of academia, has long been one of the greatest sources of academic, economic and scientific strength in America.
It is also likely to prompt a second legal challenge from Harvard, according to another person familiar with the school\u2019s thinking who insisted on anonymity to discuss private deliberations. The university sued the Trump administration<\/a> last month over the government\u2019s attempt to impose changes to its curriculum, admissions policies and hiring practices.
\u201cI am writing to inform you that effective immediately, Harvard University\u2019s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification is revoked,\u201d a letter to the university from Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said. A copy of the letter was obtained by The New York Times.
The Department of Homeland Security said the action applied to current and future students.
\u201cHarvard can no longer enroll foreign students, and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status,\u201d the department said in a news release after Ms. Noem posted the administration\u2019s letter on social media later on Thursday.
About 6,800 international students attended Harvard in the 2024-25 school year, or roughly 27 percent of the student body, according to university enrollment data<\/a>. That was up from 19.7 percent in 2010-11.
The administration\u2019s decision is likely to have a significant effect on the university\u2019s bottom line. Tuition at Harvard is $59,320 for the 2025-26 school year, and costs can rise to nearly $87,000 when room and board are included. International students tend to pay larger shares of education costs<\/a> compared with other students. (Harvard notes it is need-blind for all students, regardless of nationality<\/a>.)
A spokesman for Harvard called the administration\u2019s action \u201cunlawful.\u201d
\u201cWe are fully committed to maintaining Harvard\u2019s ability to host our international students and scholars, who hail from more than 140 countries and enrich the university \u2014 and this nation \u2014 immeasurably,\u201d said Jason Newton, the university\u2019s director of media relations. \u201cWe are working quickly to provide guidance and support to members of our community. This retaliatory action threatens serious harm to the Harvard community and our country, and undermines Harvard\u2019s academic and research mission.\u201d
The federal student visa program is overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is part of Ms. Noem\u2019s department. The agency is responsible for vetting international students \u2014 and certifying universities, community colleges and high schools that participate.
Federal regulations stipulate<\/a> how and why a school\u2019s certification can be revoked. One way is the failure to comply with specific reporting requirements, a rule Ms. Noem\u2019s letter mentioned. Harvard has maintained that what Ms. Noem had asked for exceeded what is required by law.
\u201cThis is unprecedented,\u201d said Andrea Flores, who was a D.H.S. official under President Barack Obama and is now the vice president of immigration policy at FWD.us<\/a>, an immigration advocacy group. \u201cD.H.S. has never tried to reshape the student body of a university by revoking access to its vetting systems, and it is unique to target one institution over hundreds that it certifies every year.\u201d
Leo Gerden, a senior at Harvard from Stockholm who has been a staunch advocate on campus for international students, said he was devastated by the news.
\u201cWithout its international students and without its ability to bring in the best people from around the world, Harvard is not going to be Harvard anymore,\u201d said Mr. Gerden, who graduates next week.
\u201cThe Trump administration is using us as poker chips right now,\u201d he added. \u201cIt is extremely dangerous.\u201d
Harvard has been praised for fighting back against President Trump and his administration, and legal experts have said the school has a strong case to get back the federal funding for its research that the administration stripped from the school.
But the administration\u2019s move is the latest example of why senior Harvard officials have been privately concerned that they are in the midst of an untenable crisis as the administration continues to target the school with onerous investigations and extensive funding cuts.
Even if the Trump administration is forced to return research funding to Harvard, the university is contending with additional government-imposed burdens, like a recently opened investigation by the Justice Department<\/a> into the school\u2019s admission policies that includes a cumbersome records request.
The decision from Ms. Noem on Thursday stemmed from a separate investigation her agency opened on April 16. In a letter to the school, she demanded a trove of information on student visa holders, saying that the college had \u201ccreated a hostile learning environment for Jewish students.\u201d
Her request included eight criteria, including the coursework for every international student and information on any student visa holder who had been involved in illegal activity.
News of the investigation unnerved many students and alumni, and raised concerns among the university\u2019s lawyers that the administration\u2019s request went beyond data that the school was legally allowed to share, according to people familiar with the matter.
Harvard relayed those concerns to the administration on April 30. On the same day, the university\u2019s executive vice president, Meredith Weenick, issued a public letter<\/a> that vowed the school would provide the administration only with information \u201crequired by law\u201d and urged students to \u201cstay as focused as possible on your academic pursuits.\u201d
The administration responded the following week, notifying Harvard that the school\u2019s response did not satisfy Ms. Noem\u2019s request, the people said. In the same message, the administration appeared to narrow its request by asking for information on international students who met any one of four criteria.
Last week, Harvard told the administration that only a few students met those qualifications and asked the government for additional clarification on one of the requests.
Then, on Thursday, Ms. Noem disqualified Harvard from the student visa program, explaining that her decision was because of the university\u2019s \u201cfailure to comply with simple reporting requirements.\u201d
She then expanded the list of criteria for student records to six, and gave Harvard 72 hours to comply.
Miles J. Herszenhorn contributed reporting from Boston.
Michael S. Schmidt is an investigative reporter for The Times covering Washington. His work focuses on tracking and explaining high-profile federal investigations.
Michael C. Bender is a Times political correspondent covering President Trump, the Make America Great Again movement and other federal and state elections.
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