It is not immediately clear why students’ visas were terminated. Some schools said the federal government had not notified them of their students’ change of status, but rather learned about it when reviewing records.

Students and other community members at UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, and Harvard University had their visas revoked, school leaders said.

Emerson College is the latest Boston-area institution to see an international student's visa revoked. Why it matters: The lives of international students across the country are being upended as the Trump administration terminates student visas,