The Trump administration has been demanding that Harvard must overhault its admissions, hiring, and diversity policies which potentially could lost the university nine billion in federal funding. The Trump administration since the beginning of the year has made extensive efforts to eliminate all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in addition to reporting foreign students that are found in violation of campus rules. Harvard president claims the Trump administrations demands as “unlawful” and infringes on the universities constitutional rights. Harvard's defiance has gathered support from the academic community and will hopefully led for the administration to face legal challenges for their actions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/harvard-trump-reject-demands.html
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Usually universities are free to do what they please. This is infringement on academic freedoms and unfortunate because DEI is increasingly seen as a hallmark of reputable institutions.
The Trump administration has been pressuring Harvard University to overhaul its admissions, hiring, and diversity policies and make changes that could potentially cost the university $9 billion in federal funding. Since the beginning of the year, the Trump administration has extensively tried to eliminate all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and report international students found violating campus rules. In addition, Harvard’s president has condemned these demands as “unlawful,” arguing that they infringe upon the university's constitutional rights and academic freedom. Finally, this growing solidarity may pave the way for legal challenges against the administration's actions, pushing back against what many view as an overreach of federal authority.
Harvard’s refusal to follow the Trump administration’s demands shows it wants to protect its own rules and rights. With growing support from other schools, will this lead to a major legal battle over university independence?
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