You're reading: Bloomberg: US reverses student visa curbs after Harvard, MIT fight

Bloomberg: US reverses student visa curbs after Harvard, MIT fight

Published July 15, 2020 at 7:29 am

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - JULY 08: A view of the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology on July 08, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard and MIT have sued the Trump administration for its decision to strip international college students of their visas if all of their courses are held online. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP

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The U.S. reversed a new policy on student visas after a high-profile confrontation with Harvard University, MIT and hundreds of other colleges, ending a standoff that could have sent thousands of students back to their home countries and left schools scrambling to plan for the fall.