Will Harvard Continue to Lead the Charge - Part 12

From the Harvard Crimson: At the Harvard Kennedy School, the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke Harvard’s eligibility to enroll international students — temporarily blocked in court — could eliminate nearly 60 percent of the student body.

HKS is Harvard’s most international school, and the proportion of international students there has grown over recent years, reaching a record high of 59 percent in 2024. The announcement that international students might have to transfer or face deportation sent shockwaves across the Kennedy School — as students feared being displaced and faculty worried that the Kennedy School’s identity as a global center for public policy scholarship could hang in the balance...

After Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Thursday that the administration had revoked Harvard’s Student Exchange and Visitor Program certification, which allows it to enroll international students, Harvard swiftly sued to block the order. A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order within hours...

At a school dedicated to studying public policy and solving global problems, HKS Economics professor Jason Furman ’92 said international students are “absolutely central” – especially in the classroom. He teaches an international economics class where he said the majority of his students come from abroad.

Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/5/27/hks-reacts-to-trump-demands/.

From the NY Times:

A federal judge on Thursday said she would issue an order temporarily blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on international students at Harvard. The judge voiced concerns that the government was attempting to prevent foreign students from enrolling despite her earlier order blocking the administration’s planned actions. The Trump administration had attempted to forestall the judge’s decision by sending a last-minute notice offering the university an additional 30 days to respond to its demands just hours before squaring off against Harvard’s lawyers in federal court. But Judge Allison D. Burroughs said she wanted to issue an injunction anyway, repeating concerns that student visas were being delayed or rescinded...

Full story at https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/29/us/harvard-trump?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250529#harvard-international-students-trumps.