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Scholars worry Trump's targeting of foreign students could threaten American innovation

WBUR | By Anthony Brooks

Published June 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM EDT

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An American Flag flies over the statue of John Harvard in Harvard Yard. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

The Trump administration has targeted Harvard University in numerous ways, including a demand to stop enrolling foreign students. Some scholars see this as a big blow to the university, which boasts nearly 7,000 foreign students, and a bigger blow for the future of innovation in America.

WBUR’s Anthony Brooks reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.