The Trump administration uses federal research funds as udgels. The government threatened to cut off billions of dollars with research funding and to hold back more to force universities to adopt what is being presented as essential reforms. For Columbia University, this includes changes in leadership for individual faculties.
On Friday, the government sent “a list of requests that it had presented as needed to maintain financial ties between Harvard and the federal government. On Monday, Harvard replied that if they accepted these requests, “it could be handed over to the federal government.” The university has also changed its homepage to a broad homage to research that will be eliminated if funds are withheld.
In response, the Trump administration will later be Pending $2.2 billion Harvard research funds.
Diversity, but only the right kind
Harvard posted The letter received List their requests from federal officials. Given the interests of the Trump administration, some of it is something you expect. The admissions and employment sectors are necessary to drop all diversity efforts, ensuring that data on faculty and students are handed over to the federal government for audits. Like other institutions, there are also some demands presented as efforts against anti-Semitism, such as the refunds of pro-Palestinian groups. More generally, it requires university officials to “prevent students from recognizing American values and institutions.”
There are also plenty of basic culture war items, such as the demand for mask bans and the ban on “platform removal” speakers on campus. Additionally, the government hopes that universities will screen all faculty recruitment for plagiarism issues. Former Harvard President resigned After she testified to Congress. Violations of these updated codes of conduct by non-citizens will likely require immediate reporting to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State so that they can prepare to deport them.
