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AlterNet: 'Ground shifted': Major institutions are realizing 'complicity' with Trump only makes things worse
AlterNet - 'Ground shifted': Major institutions are realizing 'complicity' with Trump only makes things worse
Ailia Zehra
April 16, 2025
Harvard University appears to have become a symbol of resistance against President Donald Trump after it vowed this week to challenge a broad set of demands from the administration.
As the oldest university in the United States, Harvard's defiance of Trump is being described as remarkable.
In a memo to Harvard students and faculty released on Monday, the university's president, Alan Garber, noted that "the administration issued an updated and expanded list of demands, warning that Harvard must comply if we intend to 'maintain [our] financial relationship with the federal government.'"
"It makes clear that the intention is not to work with us to address antisemitism in a cooperative and constructive manner. Although some of the demands outlined by the government are aimed at combating antisemitism, the majority represent direct governmental regulation of the 'intellectual conditions' at Harvard," he added.
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Ailia Zehra
April 16, 2025
Harvard University appears to have become a symbol of resistance against President Donald Trump after it vowed this week to challenge a broad set of demands from the administration.
As the oldest university in the United States, Harvard's defiance of Trump is being described as remarkable.
In a memo to Harvard students and faculty released on Monday, the university's president, Alan Garber, noted that "the administration issued an updated and expanded list of demands, warning that Harvard must comply if we intend to 'maintain [our] financial relationship with the federal government.'"
"It makes clear that the intention is not to work with us to address antisemitism in a cooperative and constructive manner. Although some of the demands outlined by the government are aimed at combating antisemitism, the majority represent direct governmental regulation of the 'intellectual conditions' at Harvard," he added.
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