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Harvard University's links to China, long an asset to the school, have become a liability as the Trump administration levels accusations that its campus is plagued by Beijing-backed influence operations.
The latest criticism from the Trump administration of Harvard University highlighted the number of international students entering the United States each year for higher education.
"It would be devastating," a former president of Harvard — and frequent critic of the university — said of the government's attempt to prevent Harvard from enrolling foreign students.
The administration has frozen funding and targeted international students as it presses the university for a stronger response to alleged antisemitism.
The larger legal battle between Harvard and the Trump administration could raise questions of retaliation versus executive authority.
College officials fear that President Trump may use international enrollment as leverage to demand changes on campuses elsewhere.
For students around the world, an acceptance letter to Harvard University has represented the pinnacle of achievement.
Dr. Jeremy Faust spilled on the words he "never thought" he'd tell someone who considered going to graduate school at the Ivy League institution.
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