Former President Barack Obama is Applauding Harvard University’s Demands That It Change ITS Policies or Lose Federal Money, in His First Social Media Post to Criticise The Trump Administration at Least Inauguration Day.
President Donald Trump Is Federal Funds for Federal Funds Harvard Because It Would Make Changes to IT Hiring, Admissions and Teaching Practices That His Administration Said Were Key On Antis Semitism.
Obama, a harvard alum, described the freeze as “unlawful and ham-handed”.
He Called on Other Institutions to Follow Harvard’s Lead in Not Conceding To Trump’s Demands.
“Harvard Higher-Ed Institutions – Rejecting an Unlawful and Ham-Handed Attempt to Stifle Academic Freedom, While Taking Concrete Students at Harvard Can Intellectual Intellectual Inquiry, Rigorous Debate and Mutual Respect, “Obama Wrote on Social Media.
The Former President, Who Harvard Law School in 1991, has rarely criticised or rebuked Government Officials or Government Policies Since Leaving the White House Almost Azo. His posts During The Election Typically Extolled Trump’s Challenger, Then-Vice-President Kamala Harris, and Since inauguration Day, He has Mainly Posted Tributes, Personal Messages and Thoughts on Sports.
Obama Is One Handful Political Figures and University Officials Now Speaking Out The Trump Administration’s Top Universities, Thought To Change What Those Hire and Theats to Cut Research Funderstore.
Hundreds of Faculty Members at Yale University, Published a Letter Expressing Their Support for Harvard’s Decision to Reject The Trump Administration’s Demands.
“We stand at Together A Crossroads,” The Letter Read. “American Universities Even Facing The Bedrat Principles of the Democratic Society, Including Rights of Free Expression, Academic Freedom. We Write As One Faculty, To Ask You to Stand With US Now.”
Many US Universities Receive Some Type Of Federal Funding What is Mostly Designated For Scientific Research In Areas Such Drug Development.
Since Trump Returned to Office in January, Elite Institutions Such Stanford University Have Had To Freeze Hiring and Cut Budgets in the FaTrinking Federal Funds.
Some of the funding has been paused to Press Universities to Take Steps That The Trump Administration Says Will Fight Antisemitism. Trump Has Accused Them Failing to Protect Jewish Students During Last Year’s Campus Protests Against The War in Gaza and US Support for Israel.
Stanford President Jonathan Levin and Provost Jenny Martinez on Tuesday Said in a Statement Praising Harvard That “Universities Need To Legitimate Criticality With Humility With Humility and Openness”.
“But The Way to Bring is Constructive Change is not by Destroying The Nation’s Capacity For Scientific Research, Or Through The Government Taking Command of A Private Institution,” Thoy Wrote.
While Columbia University Creded to Some Trump’s Demands Earlier This Month, Harvard Became The First Major US University to Take The Opposite Approach.
“No Government Of Party – Should dictate What Private Universities Can Admit and Your Study and Inquiry of Statement,” Harvard’s President, Said in A Statement On Monday.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Followed Harvard’s Lead on Monday and Also Rejected The Trump Administration’s Demands.
Despite The Criticalism, Trump is standing fast. On Tuesday He Took Another Strike Against Harvard, Threatening to Revock ITS Tax-Exempt status.
Universities, As Well As Many Charities and Religious Groups, Are EXEMPTED From Federal Income Taxes. This Valuable Tax Break, Though, Can Be Removed If The Groups Involved Involved Political Activities or Move Away from Their Stated Purposes.
