US State Department Investigates Eligibility of Harvard University as Sponsor in Visitor Exchange Program
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The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said today, Wednesday, that the department has opened an investigation into the eligibility of Harvard University as a sponsor in the visitor exchange program, at a time when President Donald Trump's administration is targeting the oldest and wealthiest university in the United States.
Rubio added: "To maintain the advantage of sponsoring the visitor exchange program, sponsors must comply with all regulations, including implementing their programs in a way that does not undermine the goals of foreign policy or jeopardize US national security interests".
He continued: "The investigation will ensure that the State Department's programs do not conflict with our nation's interests".
Harvard University has become a key focus in the broad US administration campaign aimed at leveraging federal funding to impose changes on American universities that Trump says are dominated by beliefs hostile to Semitism and "extreme leftism".
Rubio added: "To maintain the advantage of sponsoring the visitor exchange program, sponsors must comply with all regulations, including implementing their programs in a way that does not undermine the goals of foreign policy or jeopardize US national security interests".
He continued: "The investigation will ensure that the State Department's programs do not conflict with our nation's interests".
Harvard University has become a key focus in the broad US administration campaign aimed at leveraging federal funding to impose changes on American universities that Trump says are dominated by beliefs hostile to Semitism and "extreme leftism".
