As students gathered with family and friends for commencement, signs of the university’s fight with the Trump administration took many forms.

The university’s commencement speaker, Dr. Abraham Verghese, acknowledged the current conflict with the Trump administration.

The announcement of the delay came in a legal filing on Thursday as the two sides faced off in a Boston courtroom.

The 1970s era of academic exchange began as a form of diplomacy. “People were curious about us, inviting us to their homes,” one former student remembers.

Students said the latest move had upended their plans and intensified their fears.

A big decline in Chinese student enrollment could hurt the finances of many universities and damage U.S. competitiveness, experts say.

University officials said it will conduct a review to make sure all employees are adhering to DEI policies and laws.

The Trump administration’s latest effort to revive its student deportation campaign could drastically curtail the largest population of international students in the country. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday night that the Trump administration will “aggressively revoke” Chinese college students’ visas and heighten scrutiny of visa applicants from China. The new policy specifically targets “those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.”

In his new book, David Rieff mourns a lost ideal.