The US State Department is opening an investigation into Harvard University’s “continued eligibility as a sponsor for the ...

Applicants will be required to make their social media profiles “public” and will be screened for “hostile attitudes” toward ...

This vetting will start with Harvard visa applicants, but is expected to be adopted nationwide. Secretary of Stato Marco Rubio sent a cable to all U.S. embassies and consulates on Thursday ...

Harvard has been in a longstanding legal fight with the Trump administration, which has cost the university upwards of $500 ...

Trump throws another punch at Harvard — demands more social media vetting of visa applicants The vetting will go beyond student applicants and includes faculty, employees, contractors, guest ...

The directive came from Marco Rubio on May 29, as the secretary of state began rolling out his policy of enhanced social media screening of international students, effective immediately for those ...

After Burroughs' emergency block in May, DHS issued a more typical “Notice of Intent to Withdraw” Harvard's participation in the international student visa program.

Harvard currently has nearly 7,000 international students, representing more than a quarter of its enrollees. Several universities across the globe have already offered to accept impacted students.

It said the vetting measure will help consular officers identify applicants with a history of those offenses “and to duly consider their visa eligibility under U.S. immigration law.” ...