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The threat of the Trump administration to end foreign registration at Harvard University places in danger a key source of financing for US schools and could cause international students to look for titles in other places.
The Secretary of National Security, Kristi Call, issued the threat on Wednesday, saying that “the anti-American ideology, Pro-Ahamas” was “poisoning” the university. He demanded that Harvard submit records of any violent or illegal activity by foreign students before April 30 or immediately lose the certification under the Federal Government Student Visas Program.
“Harvard folding the knee to anti -Semitism, driven by its leadership without thorns, feeds a Cess or extremist disturbances and threatens our national security,” he said in a statement.
The warning occurred after the week of growing conflict between President Donald Trump and the elite universities of the nations, including threats to reduce financing and revoke Harvard’s tax state. Federal officials have also stopped and moved to deport some foreign students who have expressed their support for the Palestinians.
The administration says that it wants to combat anti -Semitism on campus, but Harvard says that government demands cross a red line to violate academic freedom.
In response to the name statement, Harvard said he would not agree with those demands yet. “We will continually comply with the law and expect the administration to do the same,” said a school spokesman. “If the federal action is tasks against a member of our community, we hope that it is based on clear evidence, follow the established legal procedures and respect the constitutional rights granted to all persons.”
More than 1 million foreign students attended US universities last year, or paid full registration. In Harvard, almost 6,800 students, 27 percent of the entire student body, come from other countries, compared to 19.6 percent in 2006, according to university data. Elite schools are attracting the brightest and most ambitious students in the world as a central part of their mission, and numbers have increased in recent years.
“Fear and uncertainty will definitely boost international families to the ‘safer’ options in other countries,” said Annalee Nissenholtz with Education Advisory Group, a university advisory firm. Recently he advised a Chinese student to accept an inscription offer at the University of Oxford or the Georgia Institute of Technology.
“My heart broke,” said Nissenholtz. “This threat will have a horrible drip effect. Everyone knows that this will not stop with Harvard.”
For the students themselves, the moment of the threat could not be worse. In general, admitted students must inform universities before May 1 if they come for the next school year.
International students represented 5.9 percent of the total population of higher education in the United States of almost 19 million students in the 2023-2024 school year, according to a report funded by the State Department and produced by the International Education Institute. The greatest participation came from India, around 332000, with a growth of 23 percent of the previous year. China had previously led the list, but its student population decreased 4.2 percent to more than 277,000.
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Posted on April 18, 2025