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Trump vs higher education, with Harvard's Noah Feldman
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Trump vs higher education, with Harvard's Noah Feldman

Harvard Law's Noah Feldman unpacks the Trump administration’s legal and political escalations with elite US universities.

​A portrait of former US President Ronald Reagan hangs behind US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., USA, on May 28, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Judge jams Trump tariffs, Harvard fight moves into court, Canadian carriers cut US flights

Donald Trump’s tariff gamesmanship ran into a legal brick wall on Wednesday when the Court of International Trade ruled that he did not have the authority to impose sweeping “Liberation Day” import duties.

​The McGill University campus.
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HARD NUMBERS: Foreign no-shows in Canadian schools, Ontario makes a big call to doctors, Dastardly dye dies in US, Gringo companies send toxic waste south

​Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum shows a 1661 world map showing the Americas and the Gulf of Mexico in response to US President-elect Donald Trump's comments about renaming the body of water, during a press conference at National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on Jan. 8, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Ring of “América Mexicana,” Canada to the fire rescue, Students’ stingy stipends, Ghost crimes soar

​A Canada Post mailbox is seen in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in November 2024.
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Hard Numbers: US mail to Canada stops, Border apprehensions fall, Foreign students face Canadian exits, Climbing team missing

​A statue of McGill University founder James McGill is seen on the campus in Montreal, October 2, 2009.
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Trouble on the northern border

In recent years, Canadian universities and colleges have increasingly relied on foreign students, who pay higher tuition than Canadians, to deal with funding shortfalls.