Harvard, Trump administration and antisemitism
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President Donald Trump’s administration said it will terminate $450 million in grants to Harvard University, a day after the school’s president criticized the government for threatening key freedoms.The latest cuts,
The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was cancelling another $450 million in grants to Harvard University after the Ivy League school “repeatedly failed” to quell
Harvard University’s release this week of a long-awaited, 300-page report addressing antisemitism on campus is the latest milestone in an issue that has been incredibly painful for the campus community – and incredibly powerful for its biggest critic: the Trump administration.
Harvard President Alan Garber sought "common ground" with the Trump administration in the latest communications Monday, but again said the university will "not surrender its core, legally-protected principles out of fear of unfounded retaliation.
BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University responded Monday to recent threats from the Education Department to halt its grant funding, highlighting reforms it was undertaking but warning it won’t budge on “its core, legally-protected principles” over fears of retaliation.
Less than two weeks after Harvard University pledged to take action in response to internal reports on antisemitism and anti-Arab prejudice at the Ivy League campus, a group delivered 452 discrimination complaints on Monday.
Harvard University fired back at US Education Secretary Linda McMahon, denying her allegation that the school has a partisan political bias and warning that government “overreach” is threatening key freedoms.