Trump’s administration plans to freeze $ 510 million for grants at Brown University about alleged anti -Semitism on the campus, the American official told Reuters about the state of anonymity. This step makes Brown the latest University of Trump on this matter. Last month, the Ministry of Education warned 60 institutions, including Brown, for possible coercive measures.
What did Brown University said?
Brown said he did not receive a formal announcement.
Brown Provost Frank Doyle in -mail said that the school could not justify this information, but was aware of the “worrying legends” of the federal action against its financing. Potential freezing follows similar movements of the US government against Columbia, Harvard and Princeton, Brown’s peers Ivy League.
“We carefully monitor the notifications related to grants, but we have nothing to share from now on,” he added.
Brown is particularly vulnerable to any disruption of funding, because its finances are already tense. The school plunged into its foundation because the increase in the financial assistance and salaries of employees is pushing its budget, the approach he said is unsustainable. Brown runs a medical school and a public health school that attracts federal research grants.
Why Trump is threatened with freezing grants to university?
Trump threatened to reduce the federal funding of universities over accusations of anti-Semitism during the pro-Palestinian campus protests against the American Israeli military attack on Gaza, which caused the humanitarian crisis in the enclave, followed by a deadly attack of the Islamist group of Hamas.
Trump called the protesting anti -Semites and described them as the sympathetic fighters of Hamas and the threats of foreign policy.
Demonstrators, including some Jewish groups, say that Trump’s administration incorrectly associates its criticism of Israeli actions in Gaza and defends Palestinian rights with anti -Semitism and Hamas support.
The University of Princeton said on Tuesday that the US government has stiffened dozens of research grants to school. Trump’s administration also reviews $ 9 billion in federal contracts and grants granted to Harvard University.
Agents for enforcing immigration and customs enforcement have detained some foreign students in recent weeks and have been working on their deportation. Human rights and academic experts condemned moves as an attack on freedom of expression and academic freedom.
Trump last month canceled financing $ 400 million
In March, Trump’s Administration canceled $ 400 million financing for Columbia and threatened Harvard grants and contracts. Princeton said at the beginning of this week that dozens of research grants were suspended.
The government also stiffened $ 175 million for Pennsylvania University in Pennsylvania and quoted politicians that allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.
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