Former President Barack Obama is applauding Harvard University’s decision to refuse the White House’s demands that it change its policies or lose federal money, in his first social media post to criticise the Trump administration since at least Inauguration Day. President Donald Trump is freezing more than $2bn (£1.5bn) in federal funds for Harvard because...
Harvard University has rejected a list of sweeping demands sent by the White House that asked the university to change many of its policies or risk losing billions of dollars in federal funding. “The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” the university wrote on its X account on Monday. The...
Harvard has been under increasing pressure from the Trump administration this month. Back on April 3rd, the administration sent a letter making it clear that Harvard’s federal funding was contingent on the university’s willingness to make changes including the elimination of DEI policies. The Trump administration demanded on Thursday that Harvard eliminate diversity, equity, and...
