US EditionTrump says Harvard students need ‘remedial math’, can't add 2+2 in attack on international students
- The Trump administration announced this week it would block Harvard University from enrolling nearly 7,000 international students, threatening their visas.
- This move follows broader ideological attacks by the administration aiming to control Harvard's admissions and curriculum amid accusations of antisemitism and unsafe campus policies.
- Harvard swiftly sued the administration and secured a federal judge's temporary restraining order allowing continued admission of foreign students while the legal battle continues.
- President Trump characterized many foreign students as needing remedial math and criticized billions of federal grants to Harvard's $52 billion endowment during a White House Q&A.
- The dispute leaves Harvard's international students, who make up over a quarter of enrollment, in uncertainty and highlights ongoing tensions over the university's policies and federal funding.
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Harvard's math crisis: Trump's jab, remedial classes and a deeper problem
Harvard’s 2023 remedial math course is back in the spotlight after Trump mocked students’ basic math skills, reigniting debate over admissions, international student policies, and academic standards, exposing wider cracks in the US education system.
ThePatriotLight - Why Trump Is Really Putting Pressure on Harvard, Explained
ThePatriotLight - On Friday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed the latest administration moves at Harvard. Marlow said, “[T]hey specifically court foreign donors to try to get money” which puts American students at a disadvantage since they now have to be better than those students “and it takes a bold leader like Donald Trump to finally say, we’re no longer going to do this.” He added that “this is th…
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