Ritu Jha- It was a huge sigh of relief for International students in the US on learning the Trump administration has agreed to take back the blunt and erratic policy announced July 6, which asked the international students to either take on-campus classes or leave the country. The policy outraged not just the students but […]
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Harvard, MIT sue Trump administration over student visa rules: Report
Two universities, Harvard and MIT, have filed a lawsuit Wednesday to prevent the United States government from enforcing the new student visa rules, according to a report in The Harvard Crimson.
65 US varsities contest Trump’s visa changes
indica News Bureau – Top US Universities like Harvard and MIT have contested the Trump administration’s new stringent visa policy for foreign students in a court. As many as 65 universities have warned that the Department of Homeland Security’s new ‘backdating’ rule will likely result in fewer international students, scholars, and instructors contributing to […]
Trump admin called to end bias against Asian-Americans
indica Washington Bureau In the ongoing high-profile lawsuit against Harvard University for alleged anti-Asian-American admissions biases, an influential Republican lawmaker urged the Trump administration to put an end to discrimination against students applying for admission to higher educational institutions in the US. In a letter to the Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher […]