Trump Administration Blocks Harvard From Enrolling Foreign Students

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By Douglas Belkin, Sara Randazzo and Michelle Hackman

(The Wall Street Journal) — The Trump administration is yanking Harvard University’s authorization to enroll foreign students, a major escalation and financial blow in the government’s pressure campaign against the nation’s most prominent university.

Harvard enrolls about 7,000 international students—more than 25% of the student body—and like many U.S. universities it relies on their tuition payments, which are often full-fee. The Trump administration has already pulled billions of dollars in federal research funding from the school and threatened to revoke its tax-exempt status, citing concerns about antisemitism and DEI.

“It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments,” said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in announcing the decision.