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Zachary Schermele

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Education Reporter at USA Today

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  • 2 days ago | usatoday.com | Zachary Schermele

    Some are Supreme Court justices. Others are former presidents. More are business tycoons, famous actors and high-powered lawyers. Harvard University's alumni – nearly half a million strong – include some of the most powerful and wealthy people in the United States. Donations to their alma mater amount to hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

  • 6 days ago | usatoday.com | Sudiksha Kochi |Zachary Schermele

    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said in a White House news conference on May 30 that he wants foreign students to study in the United States despite his ongoing feud with Harvard University, which included an attempt to effectively bar the Ivy League campus from enrolling international students. A federal judge on May 23 temporarily halted the administration's effort to bar the university from enrolling international students.

  • 1 week ago | usatoday.com | Zachary Schermele

    WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's feud with Harvard University has reached a fever pitch – and it's only getting more heated. Days after he attempted to ban the Ivy League school from enrolling international students – a move that a federal judge immediately blocked – the General Services Administration directed all federal agencies on May 27 to explore ways to cut remaining contracts with the university, according to a senior administration official.

  • 1 week ago | usatoday.com | Savannah Kuchar |Zachary Schermele

    Donald Trump said he wants the "names and countries" of every international student enrolled at Harvard University, another step in the president's crackdown on the Ivy League school. He made the request in a Truth Social post May 25, days after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration's effort to bar the university from enrolling anyone in the United States on a student visa.

  • 1 week ago | courier-journal.com | Zachary Schermele

    Harvard University sued the Trump administration a day after the Department of Homeland Security revoked the Ivy League school's ability to enroll foreign students. A complaint filed in federal district court in Massachusetts on May 23 called the move a "blatant violation" of the First Amendment, Due Process Clause and the Administrative Procedures Act. The school said it would push for a temporary restraining order against the administration's decision.

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Zach Schermele
Zach Schermele @ZachSchermele
5 Jun 25

RT @karinfischer: NEW from me: President Trump aimed his presidential pen once again at international education, signing a travel ban and a…

Zach Schermele
Zach Schermele @ZachSchermele
5 Jun 25

RT @dsamuelsohn: Expired milk, missing soap: Trump's New Jersey golf club racks up health code violations https://t.co/P16Kj85ITT by @ZachS…

Zach Schermele
Zach Schermele @ZachSchermele
5 Jun 25

The federal government can easily access information about foreign students enrolled at American universities, including Harvard and Columbia.

Acyn
Acyn @Acyn

Trump: Chinese students are coming. No problem. An honor to have them. We want foreign students but we want them to be checked. In the case of Harvard, Columbia and others, we want to see their list. There is no problem with that. https://t.co/MaenRmbCzx