Trump, Harvard and Foreign Students
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Two dozen universities, including five Ivy League schools, filed an amicus brief, including six that joined the coalition in a filing Monday, court records show.
More than 1.5 million scientific samples of human feces, urine and blood may have to be thrown out as the Trump admin cuts research funding.
The Trump administration’s funding battle with Harvard University is starting to impact projects at affiliated hospitals and has crippled the school’s Center for AIDS Research, one of the largest backers in the US for emerging studies on the condition.
The Sterling Law Building houses the Yale Law School in New Haven. Of the nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, four graduated from Yale Law School, prompting some to urge President Joe Biden to appoint someone from a public-college background to fill an upcoming vacancy on the court.
Federal law prohibits the executive branch from exerting influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations.
Oregon State University and the University of Oregon this week joined 22 higher education institutions seeking to support Harvard University in its lawsuit against the Trump administration over funding cuts and freezes.
This week, a federal judge sided with Harvard in one of its two lawsuits, blocking an order by President Trump to prevent international students from enrolling.
The escalating feud has some experts predicting that even if the university wins every case against Trump, it may not escape unscathed.
The administration has frozen funding and targeted international students as it presses the university for a stronger response to alleged antisemitism.
More than 1.5 million scientific samples of human feces, urine and blood may have to be thrown out as the Trump admin cuts research funding.
WASHINGTON—Education Secretary Linda McMahon is presiding over a MAGA paradox. Sporting a red “Make Education Great Again” baseball cap, McMahon this week cracked jokes with staff at the department’s Washington headquarters and spoke about their work to “return education to the states.