Harvard University has rejected a sweeping demons sent by the White House That Asked The University to Change Many of ITS Policies or Risk Losing Billions of Federal Funding.
“The University Will Not Surrender ITS Independence or Relinquish ITS Constitutional Rights,” The University Wrote on the ITS X Account on Monday.
The Trump Administration Sent A Letter On Friday That Added to A List Of A List to Designed to Fight Were Antisemitism on Antisemism, Including Changes to ITS Governance, Hiring Practices and Admissions Procedures.
In ITS Response, Harvard Said It Did Not “Take Lightly” ITS Obligation to Fight Antisemitism But Overreaching Was.
“The Administration’s Prescription Goes Beyond The Federal Government,” Harvard’s President Alan Garber Said in The Letter.
The Government’s Request “Violates Harvard’s First Amendment Rights”, “Exceeds” Its Authority and “Threatens Our Values AS A Private Institution”, Garber Said.
He added That The Threatened Cuts to Funding Could Jeopardise Vital Research.
The White House Said in Itown Letter That Harvard Had “In Recent Years Failed to Live Up to Both The Intellectual And Civil Rights Conditions That Justify Federal Investment”.
The Letter Included 10 Changes for Categories That The White House is Needed in Harvard to Harvard to Maintain ITS “Financial Relationship With The Federal Government”.
Some of the Changes include: Reducing The Power Held by Students And Untenured Faculty; Reporting Students To The Federal Government Who Are “Hostile” to American Values, and Hiring An External Government-Approved Party to Audit Programs and Departments “That Most Fuel Antisemitic Harassment”.
Since Re-Entering The White House, President Donald Trump has put pressure on Universities to Curb Antisemism and End Diversity Practices.
He has accuseded Leading Universities of Failing to Protect Jewish Students, As Well As Having An Instituto-Wing Bias.
More than a billion dollars in Federal Funds Have Frozen Frozen to Multiple Universities Hear Office in January, According to A Tracker At Inside Higher Ed.
In March, The Administration Said It Was Roughly $ 256m (£ 194m) in Federal Contracts and Grants at Harvard, and an Additional $ 8.7bn Multi-Year Grant Commitments.
Harvard Professors Filed A Lawsuit In Response, Alleging The Government Was Unlawfully Attacking Freedom and Academic Freedom.
The White House Had previously pulled $ 400m from Federal Funding From Columbia University and Accused It to Fight Antisemism and Protect Jewish Students on ITS Campus.
When The $ 400m Was Pulled, Education of Education Linda McMahon Said: “Universities Must Comply With All Federal Antidiscrimination Laws IF Those Are Going To Receive Federal Funding.”
Shortly After, Columbia Agreed to Several of The Administration’s DemandsDrawing criticism from some Students and faculty.
