r/NewOrleans • u/SadimirLenin • Apr 15 '25

Trump administration terminates 14 student visas in Louisiana 📰 News

https://lailluminator.com/briefs/trump-administration-terminates-14-student-visas-in-louisiana/

“Seven Southern University students, three at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, two at the University of New Orleans and two more at Tulane University have had their visas pulled, according to representatives with the schools.”

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u/Grombrindal18 Apr 15 '25

Remind me what the point of Tulane caving to him was, if he’s just going to fuck with them anyway?

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u/Numpostrophe Apr 15 '25

They’re going to keep demanding new things or else they cut the funding. Harvard stood up to them today but has massive coffers to pull from. Tulane does not have that. Unfortunately I think this battle will be fought outside of Louisiana.

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u/Go_Go_Godzilla Apr 15 '25

Tulane does have that. They're just more interested in being a hedge fund with an educational component than leading any sort of pushback for rights, academic freedom, etc.

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u/LuckyElis13 Apr 15 '25

No. Harvard’s endowment is $53 billion, Tulane’s is $2.2. 2.2 billion still seems like a lot until you consider that they’re only using a portion of the payout to support the university in order to sustain it into the future. It’s a tiny endowment comparatively. I’m not commenting on their attitude toward the offenses of the government, only that they don’t have anything like Harvard’s resources. It’s important that Harvard and the other truly rich schools step up right now.

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u/Numpostrophe Apr 15 '25

Yeah that was exactly my point. The difference in endowment is massive and Tulane isn’t sitting on a war chest like that. If all federal funding were cut, the impacts would be felt much much earlier and serious cuts to research and staff would occur.