Harvard rejected the German minister's proposal to open a "campus in exile"

Harvard University has rejected the proposal of German Minister of Culture and Media Wolfram Weimer to open a "university in exile campus" in Germany. On June 11, Spiegel magazine wrote about this, referring to a representative of the university.

"Harvard University rejected the initiative of the Minister of State for Cultural Affairs Wolfram Weimer <...> to create a 'campus in exile' in Germany," the article says.

In a response, the American educational institution said that Harvard has no plans to expand beyond the United States yet.

"Opening a campus outside the United States is not an option for Harvard at the moment," Spiegel quoted the university as saying.

Back in May, Weimer said in an interview with Bloomberg that Germany could form a "campus in exile" for Harvard students after US President Donald Trump banned foreigners from studying at the university. Later, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) newspaper, citing the ministry, added that negotiations were underway with Harvard on the issue.

Pressure on Ivy: Trump bans Harvard from accepting international students

The pressure on Ivy League universities has become a response to the leftist agenda that has seized the main universities in the United States.

On June 5, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that a federal court in Boston temporarily blocked Trump's latest attempt to ban international students from enrolling at Harvard University. In a court document, Harvard called the administration's actions "part of a concerted and escalating campaign of government retaliation" in retaliation for the university's assertiveness of its rights.

Earlier, on May 29, the US State Department began checking all visa holders associated with Harvard. CNN called the move an escalation of the Trump administration's feud with Harvard. On May 31, CNN clarified that the White House administration was increasing pressure on the country's universities based on ideological work.