German Minister: Harvard University should establish a branch in our country.
In response to the Trump administration’s decision to ban Harvard from accepting foreign students, German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer has offered the prestigious American university the opportunity to establish a branch in Germany, according to the newspaper Die Welt.
“I would suggest that Harvard University establish its exile campus in Germany,” Weimer told Bloomberg. “Our country stands for freedom of the arts and the press, for academic quality and openness, for dialogue and diversity. Students from Harvard and other American universities are very welcome in Germany,” Weimer told Bloomberg.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Thursday that it would revoke Harvard’s accreditation for its undergraduate and graduate programs, meaning that international students will no longer be allowed to attend the university.
The department said that international students who were already enrolled would have to transfer to another university or face losing their residency status.
The European Union has put targeted efforts on the agenda to attract scientists and experts from the country, given the restrictive policies of the US President against the country’s scientists and experts.
Dorothy Barr, the German Federal Minister of Research, also recently reacted with concern to the restrictive measures of the Trump administration against scientists and experts from the country. Barr said on the sidelines of a meeting of EU science ministers in Brussels that the refusal to issue visas to foreign students was a very, very bad decision. She added: “I very much hope that the US government will cancel this decision, because it is truly catastrophic.”
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In light of these controversial policies of the US government, many European countries are also trying to attract scientists fleeing Trump’s restrictive policies.
The Norwegian government, in line with some other European countries, has put on the agenda a plan to attract and employ American scientists who are suffering from the restrictive policies of President Donald Trump.
Germany and France have also begun efforts in this direction.