The US Education Department announced on Monday that the University of Harvard will not receive new federal grants until it meets a number of President Donald Trump administration requirements.
In the press call, the Associated Press was quoted by an official of the Ministry of Education because he said that Harvard would not receive any new federal grants until “university management” and meets the federal requirements for a number of subjects.
The prohibition applies to federal research grants and not to federal financial assistance, which helps students to cover tuition and college fees.
To become eligible for new grants, Harvard would now have to enter into negotiations with the Federal Government and prove that he meets the requirements of administration.
The administration had previously stiffened federal grants for Harvard $ 2.2 billion, although Trump is trying to get rid of the school exempt from the tax.
What did Trump Admn demand?
Trump’s administration demanded that Harvard to make a wide range of government and leadership, to revise his admission policy and audit his faculty and student body to ensure that the campus would be home to many perspectives, he reported.
The requirements are part of a pressure campaign focused on several other high -ranking universities. Administration interrupted money for universities, including Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University, looking for adherence to Trump’s agenda.
The White House said it focused on campus anti-Semitism after the Pro-Palestinian protests swept American university campuses last year.
Harvard’s “failure”
The official accused Harvard of “serious failures” and said Harvard allowed to maintain anti -Semitism and racial discrimination. It was said that Harvard had left strict academic standards and could not allow a number of opinions on his campus.
In the letter Monday, Harvard’s President’s Minister of Education Linda McMahon accused the school of registration of foreign students who showed the contempt for the US. “The University of Harvard has created a mockery of the university education system,” McMahon wrote.
What Harvard said
Harvard’s President said earlier that government demands would not bend. The university sued last month to stop the freezing of the financing of the government.
The Harvard statement on Monday repeated the rejection of the university to agree and stated that the government was a retaliation for Harvard’s action.
“Today we received another letter from an administration that doubled to requirements that would impose unprecedented and incorrect control of the University of Harvard and have cold consequences for higher education,” Harvard said.
The university said “will continue to prevent the overlap of the illegal government aimed at suppressing research and innovation that make Americans safer and safer”.
In an interview with graduates last week, Harvard President Alan Garber acknowledged that there was a “core of truth” to criticize anti -Semitism, freedom of speech and broad aspects on Harvard. However, he said that the conflict with the federal government became a threat to school autonomy.
“We were facing recent requests from the Federal Government that in the pretext of fighting anti -Semitism, a new question of control, which honestly said, did not expect, got into the core of the administration of public affairs,” Garber said. “We felt we had to stand up.”
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