- The April 11 request letter may have been sent too early: NYT
- Harvard said recent actions show that Trump administrators doubled.
- Harvard rejected many demands and the government freezes some funds.
Washington: Harvard said Saturday that despite a published report that administration officials have sent a letter clarifying that the Trump administration has “doubled” the requirements for colleges for colleges.
The letter from government lawyers received by Harvard University on April 11 was sent before senior officials in U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration can approve or approve their release. New York Times The report said late Friday, unnamed sources familiar with the matter were cited.
Three days after the letter arrived, Harvard rejected many requests, i.e. it said it would constitute a waivement of control over hiring, enrollment and guidance to the government.
The Trump administration then freezes $2.3 billion in funding at Harvard and threatens to deprive Harvard of tax-free status and deprive it of its ability to enroll foreign students. It also requires information about the university’s foreign relations, students and faculty.
“Even if it assumes that the government now wants to retract its breathtaking intrusive demands, it seems it has doubled through its contract in recent days,” a Harvard spokesman said. “Action is better than eloquence.”
Since his inauguration in January, Trump has suppressed the top U.S. universities, saying they unfortunately protested last year’s pro-Palestinian protests and allowed anti-Semitism to worsen on campus. Protesters, including some Jewish groups, say their criticism of Israeli actions is wrongly confused with anti-Semitism.
Columbia University is an early goal, but in recent weeks the government has focused on Harvard, where it seeks to oversee its student groups, faculty and curriculum in an obvious effort to curb the liberal bias it sees as the university.
The content of the April 11 letter is true, but New York Times It is reported that there are different claims within the Trump administration about its misconduct.
The newspaper said some in the White House believed the letter was sent prematurely, while others believed it was first circulated among administration officials.
The White House did not comment immediately.
The government has sent a request to Harvard University on April 3 for the elite school to continue to receive federal funding. These include bans, elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and more collaboration with law enforcement.
The April 11 letter signed by officials from the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and the General Services Administration expanded the list. It told Harvard to stop acknowledging some pro-Palestinian groups and to ask them to report foreign students who violated university policies to federal authorities, among other requirements.
The report said Harvard University believes this can still avoid confrontation with the Trump administration because they had a conversation, but the messenger Harvard believes it is impossible.
Harvard said it did not doubt the authenticity of the letter, saying its demands were “surprising in their excessiveness.”
