As schools like Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and more say their international students’ visas are being revoked, lawyers say it’s all part of the larger plan to reduce immigration.
Columbia University signaled that it would comply with the Trump administration's demands in return for restoring $400 million in federal funding, saying it would "engage in constructive dialogue with our federal regulators."
Just days after recent graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by immigration authorities, Department of Homeland Security agents executed search warrants on two Columbia University residences—no one was arrested or detained.
The program would cover New York residents between the ages of 25 and 55 who enroll in associate degree programs in nursing, teaching, technology, engineering and other fields at colleges operated by the State University of New York and the City University of New York. The cost of books and other fees would also be paid for by the state.
Loud and overcrowded classrooms are just some of the big problems Massachusetts community college professors say they dealt with this past semester with free community college now available in the state.
Some students may be unable to receive their financial aid money in time to pay their bills, with classes only a few weeks away, after the Education Department announced that colleges will not be able to submit corrections to financial aid records in bulk this year.
There has been a flaring of tension on major U.S. college campuses in recent days, weeks after police moved to break up protests across the country, from New York to California, arresting more than 2,000 people.
A Morehouse faculty member told NBC News administrators are believed to be concerned that faculty members will join students in protest of Biden during the ceremony.
