Minister of Education Linda McMahon said Harvard and other universities may have their federal funding, formerly reduced Trump administration, renewed if they revise their current policies, Bloomberg said.
“It would be my goal that if universities and universities adhere to the laws of the United States and do what we expect from them, they can expect programs funded by a taxpayer,” said the Secretary at Bloomberg on Tuesday.
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McMahon said that the administration “made progress in some discussions” with Harvard, despite the ongoing legal fights, according to Bloomberg report.
The secretary said federal funds play a role in academic research.
“I think that if we look at our research as a public well -being, which I think is intended, then taxpayers are willing to see their tax dollars to support this kind of really good research. So I’m sure it will continue at university level,” she said.
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US President Donald Trump has stopped more than $ 2.6 billion in federal research at Harvard University – the oldest and richest institution in the country – and seeks to end their federal treaties. The management of these measures frames within the wider initiative to eliminate anti -Semitism on university campuses.
Harvard has made his struggle to the court with two court disputes against the administration and called on both the loss of federal financing and the Ministry of Internal Security to cancel his license by foreign students.
The administration asked the university to provide records in detail to the misconduct of international students on the campus, but claims that the institutions did not provide sufficient information. Meanwhile, the judge temporarily stopped the government’s attempt to ban foreign students and scientists of the university in joining the US, with another hearing scheduled for 16 June.
The Secretary stated that the consent regulation was hosted as a tool to resolve the administration of the university administration and refer to a binding legal agreement that the school could submit to the monitor ordered by the court.
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Trump routinely chose Harvard from the office and focused on his perceived prejudices inclined left -wing and his hiring and admission practices. He intended that his federal financing should be transferred to business schools and invites his status exempt from the tax.
Trump recently said that schools based on Massachusetts “start to behave”.
A group of 18 universities supported Harvard’s case against the government for federal research dollars and argued that the ending “causes severe damage to universities. Harvard rejected the requirements of administration to implement the” view of diversity “on academic land in his hiring and admission practices. Conservatives have long claimed that elite campuses do not support the environment where their perspectives are represented or welcome.
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It would be my goal that if universities and universities follow the laws of the United States and do what we expect from them, they can expect programs funded by a taxpayer.
Columbia University, which lost approximately $ 400 million in federal financing, was particularly abstained with a short “friend of court”. In addition, its accreditation undergrowth after the administration informed the university accreditor that it was found that Columbia violated head regulations IX.
(With Bloomberg inputs)
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