Germany and Hong Kong Look to Lure Students Exiled From Harvard
A poster for a protest on a telephone pole at Harvard University.
Photographer: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe/Getty Images
Universities in Asia and Europe are hoping Donald Trump’s latest attack on Harvard will hand them a decisive advantage as they try to reverse a decades-old brain drain of talent to the US, with Germany going so far as to suggest the school establish an outpost within its borders.
Federal culture minister Wolfram Weimer told Bloomberg that Harvard could establish an “exile campus” in the country. “To students from Harvard and other American universities, I say: You are more than welcome in Germany,” Weimer said.