“I write to you in profound disbelief,” Kornbluth wrote in a community email late Thurs. “The action the federal government took today to bar #Harvard from having #InternationalStudents is devastating for American excellence, openness, & ingenuity.”
Harvard enrolls about 6,800 #international #students, or about 27% of its student body.
#Trump #law #immigration #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #BrainDrain #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
The #Trump admin edict ultimately affects both existing #InternationalStudents, who would need to find other schools to attend, & newly admitted #Harvard #students headed for the US in the fall.
The admin’s announcement on Thurs upends students’ lives, & would also be a financial blow to Harvard. Many of Harvard’s international students are enrolled in costly graduate programs, tuition paid by those students potentially generates millions for the #university.
[But more importantly it is a fascistic dictatorial attack on #education, #AcademicFreedom & the #FirstAmendment.]
In an interview on Thurs, a #Harvard student from #Ukraine, who asked not to be identified, said she feared losing her #visa not only because it will disrupt her education but because returning home, amid the #war w/ #Russia, is not an option. She is considering going to live w/relatives elsewhere in Europe.
#Trump #InternationalStudents #law #immigration #BrainDrain #AbuseOfPower
I’m guess this is not the *type* of #student #Trump was hoping to kick out.
Belgian princess left in doubt about her #Harvard future following Trump's foreign student ban
#InternationalStudents #law #immigration #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #BrainDrain #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
https://apnews.com/article/belgium-princess-trump-harvard-aeb47f0e69d97c91b44f5cc2bfa84e66
