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A sign on the Mount Holyoke College campus in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is seen September 1, 2015. Christopher Evans/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald/Getty Images

‘Time is of the essence’: Pause on international student visa interviews sends schools on another Trump-induced scramble

Harvard University merchandise for sale in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 28 May. Photograph: Nicolaus Czarnecki/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

White House targets Harvard again with social media screening of all foreign visitors to school

The White House is seen from the North Lawn on March 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

Universities quietly negotiating with White House aide to try to avoid Harvard’s fate, source says

Harvard University students walk through Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass., on Thursday. Photo: Mel Musto/Bloomberg News

Judge to block Trump admin's Harvard foreign students ban

Judge to block Trump admin from revoking Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students

Columbia University President Claire Shipman speaks May 21 to graduating students at the commencement ceremony on the school's main campus in New York. Ryan Murphy/Reuters

Harvard commencement clouded by fears and uncertainty in battle with Trump

President Donald Trump speaks during the Memorial Day wreath-laying in Arlington National Cemetery on May 26, 2025. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Trump administration moves to cancel all remaining federal contracts with Harvard

Harvard enrolls about 7,000 international students. Photo: joseph prezioso/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Harvard Sues Trump Administration to Stop Block of International Students

The Ivy League school said it is seeking a temporary restraining order to stop the government’s latest move

A sculler rows down the Charles River near Harvard University onApril 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. Charles Krupa/AP

Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students

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Trump administration cuts another $450 million in grants to Harvard, on top of $2.2 billion already frozen

Shadows fall in 2020 on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Harvard University renames its DEI office as its battle with the Trump administration expands to more fronts

The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Reuters

Can the president revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status?

Harvard’s battle with the Trump administration will have far-reaching ramifications for the Massachusetts’ economy.Photographer: Mel Musto/Bloomberg

Harvard’s $9 Billion Battle With Trump Is Bad News for Massachusetts’ Economy

The university’s defiant stance threatens to jeopardize a broader ecosystem that thrives off its existence.

A pedestrian walks through Harvard Yard at Harvard University, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) - Charles Krupa/AP

With billions at risk, Harvard rejects Trump administration’s request for policy changes

Katrina Armstrong, who had been Columbia University’s interim president, said on Friday that she was stepping down.Credit...Columbia University

Columbia President Resigns as Trump Threatens University’s Federal Funding

Katrina Armstrong’s exit comes a week after Columbia accepted demands from the Trump administration, which had moved to cancel about $400 million in funds.

A protest in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Wednesday to demand the release of Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested by federal agents Tuesday night. Photograph: Michael Casey/AP

Ice agents detain Tufts graduate student over pro-Palestinian activism

President Donald Trump with secretary of education Linda McMahon shows his signature after signing an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education. Photograph: Gripas Yuri/ABACA/REX/Shutterstock

Trump administration briefing: Democrats denounce education department ‘shutdown’

Education secretary ordered to take ‘all necessary steps’ to dismantle department; US rejects Mexico’s request for water – key US politics stories from Thursday at a glancea

‘It is our moral imperative to persist in the struggle for their complete freedom.’ Photograph: Ted Shaffrey/AP

I am a Palestinian political prisoner in the US. I am being targeted for my activism

Linda McMahon, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Education, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in Washington on Feb. 13. (Tierney Cross/Reuters)

White House sets up battles in Congress, courts by moving to shut Department of Education

By law, the U.S. executive can't unilaterally shut down the agency without congressional approval

Badar Khan Suri.Courtesy Georgetown University

Georgetown University graduate student detained by immigration authorities

A lawyer for Badar Khan Suri, who was teaching on a student visa, said Thursday that he is grateful for the support he has received since his arrest.

Demonstrators protest the detention of student activist Mahmoud Khalil in New York on 10 March 2025. Photograph: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Columbia University ‘refusing to help’ identify people for arrest – White House

Trump administration has axed $400m in federal funding to Columbia and detained student activist Mahmoud Khalil

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