Posted on 04/14/2025 4:30:02 PM PDT by KingofZion
Harvard University said on Monday that it had rejected policy changes requested by the Trump administration, becoming the first university to directly refuse to comply with its demands and setting up a showdown between the federal government and the nation’s wealthiest university.
Other universities have pushed back against the administration’s interference in higher education. But Harvard’s response, which called the Trump administration’s demands illegal, marked a major shift in tone for the nation’s most influential school, which has been criticized in recent weeks for capitulating to Trump administration pressure.
A letter the Trump administration sent to Harvard on Friday demanded that the university reduce the power of students and faculty members over the university’s affairs; report foreign students who commit conduct violations immediately to federal authorities; and bring in an outside party to ensure that each academic department is “viewpoint diverse,” among other steps. The administration did not define what it meant by viewpoint diversity, but it has generally referred to seeking a range of political views, including conservative perspectives.
No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, in a statement to the university on Monday.
Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has aggressively targeted universities, saying it is investigating dozens of schools as it moves to eradicate diversity efforts and what it says is rampant antisemitism on campus. Officials have suspended hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds for research at universities across the country.
The administration has taken a particular interest in a short list of the nation’s most prominent schools.
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Fun to watch.
The funny thing is, if they go full Hillsdale route it would probably be the best thing to ever happen to them. It would give them an excuse to eliminate useless departments and focus on serious study, even in the humanities (if they still exist). They got a solid endowment, and they have a brand name. What they do with it is up to them.
He who pays the piper calls the tune.
No more fedcashola for Havahd.
And Trump just took away $2.2 billion from Harvard. They really love their anti-European racism.
They should have accepted him. UPenn is golden.
As long as they are receiving federal funds...
Choose, Hahvahd: the carrot, or the stick.
Academic freedom to use tax payer dollars? Nope. Public universities can go private if they insist on independence from public accountability. We are not their slaves.
The law that says discrimination is illegal
Trump already raised the question: Why does the US government give grants to Harvard at all?
Harvard’s endowment is huge and can easily pay the cost of all those grants.
So, IMHO if Harvard insists on opposing the Trump administration, it could simply cancel every single Federal grant they give to Harvard. It is a losing battle.
Harvard don’t doit!
(Do it... Do it... Do it... Buahahaha)
Harvard: Kill the Jews!! and firebomb Tesla vehicles!!
Harvard Democrats are terrorists and traitors.
Uniformed or weak parents have supported Harvard for way too long. It is now a Marxist institution and has been for decades.
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