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The Trump administration said it was freezing more than $ 2 billion in federal funds for Harvard University, just hours after the elite college rejected the extensive list of requests from the White House.
“Harvard’s statement today strengthens the anxious thinking of the law, which is endemic at the most prestigious universities and colleges in our country,” the Ministry of Education said.
The Trump administration sent Harvard a letter on Friday, which he added to a list of requirements that he believes are intended to fight anti -Semitism in the campus, including changes in his management, practices for hiring practices and foster procedures.
Harvard strongly rejected the requests in a letter on Monday.
“The university will not convey its independence or abandon its constitutional rights,” said Harvard President Allen Garber.
He added that the university did not “slightly” its obligation to fight anti -Semitism, but said the government was over.
“The administration’s prescription goes beyond the power of the federal government,” he writes.
The government’s request “violates Harvard’s first amendment”, “exceeds” its authority and “threatens our values as a private institution,” Garber said.
Shortly after this letter became public, the education department said it was freezing $ 2.2 billion in grants and $ 60 million in Harvard contracts.
A special group of the anti -Semitism department said federal funding comes “with the responsibility for compliance with the laws on civil rights”.
The White House said in its own letter on Friday that Harvard “in recent years has failed to cope with both intellectual and civil rights conditions that justify federal investments.”
The letter includes 10 categories of proposed changes that the White House said they were needed to keep Harvard’s “financial relations with the federal government”.
Some of the changes include: reduction of power held by students and an uninsured faculty; Reporting federal government students who are “hostile” to US values and hire a party to a foreign government-approved Audit Party and Departments, which are the most nourishing anti-Semitic harassment. ”
After re -entering the White House, President Donald Trump puts pressure on universities to limit anti -Semitism and end the practices of diversity.
He accused the leading universities of failing to protect Jewish students and have institutional biases to left wings.
In March, the administration said it was reviewing approximately $ 256 million (194 million British pounds) in federal contracts and Harvard grants and an additional $ 8.7 billion in many years of grants.
Harvard professors brought a case in response, claiming that the government illegally attacks freedom of expression and academic freedom.
Previously, the White House had withdrawn $ 400 million in federal funding from Colombian University and accused him of failing to fight anti -Semitism and protect Jewish students in his campus.
When $ 400 million was withdrawn, education secretary Linda McMahon said: “Universities must comply with all federal anti -discrimination laws if they are going to receive federal funding.”
Shortly thereafter, Colombia agreed to several of the administration’s requestsExtract criticism from some students and teachers.