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Trump Administration Subpoenas Harvard for Foreign-Student Records, Raises Accreditation Concerns

Departments of Education and HHS have alerted Harvard’s accreditor to possible civil-rights violations, opening a new front in the administration’s academic oversight drive

A view of the Business School campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi/File Photo
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on July 8, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.
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Since being sworn in again in January, President Donald Trump has pursued a vendetta against elite US universities, singling out Harvard

Overview

  • The Department of Homeland Security on July 9 issued administrative subpoenas compelling Harvard to turn over records, communications and documents on foreign-student misconduct and visa compliance dating back to January 1, 2020.
  • DHS officials said the subpoenas follow Harvard’s refusal to comply with earlier non-coercive requests for information required to maintain its Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification.
  • The Departments of Education and Health and Human Services notified the New England Commission of Higher Education that Harvard may be violating federal anti-discrimination laws and failing to meet accreditation standards.
  • Harvard has sued the administration and secured a temporary restraining order from U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs allowing it to continue issuing visas and enrolling international students.
  • This latest action caps a broader federal campaign that has frozen over $3 billion in Harvard grants, threatened its tax-exempt status and sought to block new and returning foreign students pending compliance.