US Government threatens Harvard with foreign student ban

Trump administration threatens Harvard with foreign student ban 1 hour ago Share Save Kelly Ng BBC News Share Save Getty Images Harvard President Alan Garber has flatly rejected the White House's sweeping list of demands The US government has threatened to ban Harvard University from enrolling foreign students - after the institution said it would not bow to demands from President Donald Trump's administration and was hit with a funding freeze. The White House has demanded the oldest university in the US make changes to hiring, admissions and teaching practices - to help fight antisemitism on campus. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has asked for records on what she called the "illegal and violent" activities of its foreign student visa-holders. Harvard earlier said it had taken many steps to address antisemitism, and that demands were an effort to regulate the university's "intellectual conditions". "The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its const ... Read full article.