There were hints last week that something was up between the Trump administration and Harvard. Harvard won in court last Friday and instead of attacking the judge, as Trump tends to do, he posted this positive statement suggesting a deal with Harvard was imminent. If a Settlement is made on the basis that is...
In their own distinct ways, Bellamy and Martin are flagbearers for the progressive trends of modern football: possession-based styles of play and building from the back. Most young coaches want to follow that path, as you can see when watching this year’s crop of FAW Pro Licence candidates working on and off the field. But...
The Trump Administration lost in court today. A judge blocked their efforts to prevent Harvard from enrolling foreign students. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs issued the preliminary injunction after having granted a temporary restraining order against the federal government this month. The injunction holds that the administration is blocked from yanking Harvard’s Student and...
Publicly, Harvard continues to be the focus of resistance to the Trump administration. Just today Harvard received some additional support from two dozen universities, including several more from the Ivy League, in its lawsuit against the administration. Twenty four universities, including five Ivy League schools, and more than 12,000 alumni took measures to back Harvard...
Again? Still? Where did my Harvard scorecard go, anyway? In our last exciting episode of All Your Indoctrinated Children, Harvard had successfully, if temporarily, parried a move by the Department of Homeland Security to decertify the school from the Student Education Visa Program (SEVP). Even that success was limited, however, by the State Department’s decision...
A Chinese Harvard graduate’s speech calling for unity in a divided world, delivered days after the US vowed to “aggressively” revoke Chinese students’ visas, has sparked mixed reactions in the US and her home country. “We don’t rise by proving each other wrong. We rise by refusing to let one another go,” Jiang Yurong said...
BBC Donald Trump has had a busy seven days. On Monday, he threatened to redirect $3bn in Harvard research funding to vocational schools. On Tuesday, the White House sent a letter to federal agencies, instructing them to review the approximately $100m in contracts the government has awarded Harvard and “find alternative vendors” where possible. On...
Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu BBC News Reuters Tamara Lanier, pictured in 2018, has waged a 15 year battle with Harvard over the photos Harvard University has agreed to hand over a set of historic photos believed to be among the earliest depicting enslaved people in the United States. The agreement ends a long legal battle between...
Getty Images Students attend Harvard University’s graduation ceremony on 28 May Harvard University won a reprieve in its fight to enrol international students, after the Trump administration appeared to walk back its initial decertification and a federal judge upheld a block on the government’s order. The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday it would now...
Yesterday, Harvard revoked the tenure of a well-known researcher named Francesca Gino who studies ethics and honesty. Ironically, she has been accused of fabricating data. This is the first time Harvard has stripped a professor of tenure in 80 years. Harvard University revoked the tenure of Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino after years of...
The Trump administration will direct federal agencies to review their grants to Harvard University to potentially end or redistribute funding, as part of the White House’s escalating battle with America’s oldest university. The Government Services Agency (GSA) plans to circulate a letter to agencies “asking them to identify any contracts with Harvard, and whether they...
A lot of people I know, coming from the upper-crust of the educated class, are deeply disturbed that President Trump’s administration is picking a fight with Harvard over its civil rights violations and cooperation with China’s government. Unfortunately, while few of these people would deny that Harvard has made a few “mistakes” in dealing with...
As David wrote here, the Trump administration announced yesterday that it was putting an end to Harvard’s ability to enroll international students. That’s significant because about a quarter of Harvard’s total enrollment is international students. Those students also pay a higher tuition compared to others so it’s a big portion of the school’s tuition income....
DHS said it targeted Harvard’s foreign students in a quest to “root out the evils of anti-Americanism.” A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s revocation of Harvard University’s ability to enroll foreign students, threatening the legal status of thousands of students, after the school sued to stop the ban. The administration’s ban is...
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will revoke Harvard University’s ability to host foreign students due to its continued toleration of violence, intimidation tactics, and student promotion of terrorism. Homeland Security is not making the claim that most or all of these students are violent or support terrorism–which would violate the terms...