Trump admin initiating review of Harvard contracts
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Three federal agencies are reviewing nearly $9 billion in contracts and grants between the government and Harvard University over the school’s response to antisemitism.
From CNN
In the days leading up to the Trump administration’s announcement, faculty members called on the university instead to more forcefully defend itself and higher education more broadly.
From The New York Times
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Will the withholding of federal funds entirely solve antisemitism on college campuses? Certainly not. But that doesn’t mean the American taxpayer should be subsidizing it.
The Ivy League school’s president, Alan Garber, made a flurry of moves before Trump opened a federal funding review.
Last summer, the Harvard School of Public Health launched an internal review into the partnership, which was between the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights (FXB) and Birzeit, and decided to pause the program. The review committee will release a final report in the coming weeks.
As Trump unleashes a salvo on colleges across the country, it’s easy to run for cover. But if a university of Harvard’s stature won’t step up, then who will?
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