Trump against the « rebel » Harvard: the funds are frozen for 2.2 billion dollars after the no to his requests
Block of multi -year subsidies and multi -year contracts. « We do not give up our independence, » said the President of the University, Alan Garber
Harvard opposes the decisions of President Donald Trump? President Donald Trump falls the ax on the rebel university and blocks the funds. The Trump Administration has announced the Freezing of 2.2 billion dollars in multi -year subsidies and 60 million dollars in multi -year contracts At the University of Harvard, after the University refused to accept the requests of the Federal Government by judging them illegitimate.
« The Joint Task Force to fight anti -Semitism – said the department in a note – announces the freezing of 2.2 billion dollars in multi -year subsidies and 60 million dollars in multi -year contracts with the University of Harvard ».
The letter of the great refusal
Last week, the University had received a letter in which the requests aimed at « maintaining Harvard’s financial relationship with the federal government were listed ».
«We informed the administration, through our legal councilor, that We will not accept the proposed agreement – said the president of Harvard, Alan M. Garber, In office since 2024, in a note reported by the CNN and taken up by the agencies – the University will not renounce its independence or its constitutional rights « .
The cancellation of the programs for equity
Among the requests made by the Trump Administration, there are the Cancellation of programs for diversity, equity and inclusion, the ban on wearing masks during protests on campus, immediate reporting to the federal authorities of foreign students who commit violations of the conduct and the reduction of the power of teachers and administrators « more engaged in activism than in academic research ».
The attack of the White House
« President Trump is working to make higher education again », The White House spokesman, Harrison Fields said, attacking Harvard. As? « By putting an end to uncontrolled anti -Semitism and ensuring that the federal funds of taxpayers do not finance Harvard’s support for dangerous racial discrimination or violence motivated by racism »
