The Administration’s move is the latest escalation in its attack on elite universities across the U.S., with heavy penalties levied on Harvard, including a threat to revoke the university’s tax-exempt status. Those penalties have only grown more severe as Harvard has refused to capitulate to the Administration’s demands.

The Trump administration’s now-paused revocation of Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students raises significant questions about how a ban would impact the school community and its academic research.

The Trump administration is relying on an obscure bureaucratic lever to stop the school, the latest in a series of aggressive moves.