Trump, Harvard
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The president’s fight threatens to leave the school a different place even if it ultimately wins its lawsuits.
The latest criticism from the Trump administration of Harvard University highlighted the number of international students entering the United States each year for higher education.
"It would be devastating," a former president of Harvard — and frequent critic of the university — said of the government's attempt to prevent Harvard from enrolling foreign students.
College officials fear that President Trump may use international enrollment as leverage to demand changes on campuses elsewhere.
Some of Harvard’s sports teams would be virtually wiped out by a Trump administration decision that would make the Ivy League school ineligible for international student visas.