But critics fear the prestigious University of Ivy League is the latest goal of UA Purification of pro-Palestinian votes.
On Monday, three departments under Trump control – Department of Education, General Administration and Department of Health and Human Services – Issued by the press let go Saying that $ 255.6 million were in Harvard contracts and 8.7 billion dollars in multi-annual grants to be under the microscope.
“Harvard served as a symbol of the American dream in the generations,” said the Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in the statement.
“Harvard’s failure to protect students in campus from anti-Semitic discrimination – everyone while promoting divisive ideologies through free examination – she has put her reputation into serious danger.”
The announcement follows similar actions taken against another private Ivy League Campus, Columbia University in New York, who saw in revoked millions in contracts.
Ivy League – and Columbia were especially epicenters of pro-Palestinian demonstrations in the United States, after Israel initiated war against Gaza in October 2023. Years.
Establishing students At Colombia April in April and May 2024. Similar protests across the country were inspired, because campus activists dormant school ties from Israel and invited to the end of human rights in Gaza.
Groups and human rights experts in the United Nations have accused Israel to use tactics in accordance with genocide in the Palestinian territory.
The organizers behind campus protesters generally rejected anti-Semitism accusations, claiming that it was critically towards the Israeli government is not the same as the spread of anti-Jewish hatred. They mitigated attempts to smear their protests as a form of censorship, designed to moisten free speech.
But critics accused protesters to create an insecure learning environment. The reports of anti-Jewish attacks were also isolated, including the alleged attack of a 24-year-old student Columbia who hung pro-Israel flight in October 2023. Years.
However, the protests were, and great, calm. And the free speech experts denied the Trump administration such as the charges of anti-Semitism from the proportion to be carried out to control the best universities.
List of requirements
In the case of Columbia University, Trump’s administration took a $ 400 million school in grants and contracts on 7. March, enters into force immediately. He accused Columbia to enable “relentless violence, intimidation and anti-Semitic harassment” on his campus.
Sunday later, 13. March, Trump administration issued a list of demands, Columbia should be adhered to $ 400 million.
They involved a person’s prohibition, ensuring that the law enforcement may arrest “mixers” on campus and adopt a controversial definition of anti-Semitism that could include criticism of Israel.
The Trump Administration also called on the Middle East, South Asian and African Studies to be placed under the control of external “receiver“.
Critics took place as an attempt to corroding academic freedom. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (Fire) called the “Draft for Supens Campus Cenzus” is called.
“The letter goes far beyond what is suitable for the government to mandate and will cool campus discourse,” UA organization wrote statement.
“Civil Rights Research should not be handled through an ad hoc directive from the Government.”
But now they have long been an ally of Israel since the establishment of the Earth, and Trump Administration has supportive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign in Gaza, even it is suggested Now “take over” and “own” Palestinian territory – turning him in the “Middle East Riviera”.
Critics said that the Trump proposal was a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians who call Gaza Home.
22. Marta University Columbia agreed to be adhered to With most Trump’s requests.
Faculty of Law Speaks
Trump administration won these concessions as a victory in his news release announcing the Harvard’s federal contracts.
It is also indicated that Harvard signals that they will cooperate with Trump’s priorities.
“We are glad that Harvard is ready to cooperate with us according to these goals,” said Sean Keveny from the Health and Health Services Department.
But the announcement that Harvard was the next school that stands out, comes to the fifth open letter from its Law Faculty, one of the oldest in the nation.
More than 90 professors have signed a document, which denies actions taken for “punish people for legally speaking about public concern issues.”
Until the letter mentions the trump card or pro-Palestinian protesters, his publication comes after the students were arrested for deportation as a result of their activism.
The letter, however, records attempts to “Thread Laws and Legal Clinic” for their legal work or previous government services – Reference on Trump shares.
Trump, for example, issued executive orders punishing companies such as Perkins San Francisco, who represented their election rival rival rival rival rival, and he fired the prosecutors in the Catherine for Justice.
Harvard’s legal professors warned that this was violated the constitutional right to freedom of free speech – and creates an atmosphere of fear.
“Whatever we could think about a certain behavior under certain facts, we share that our constitution, including his first amendment, is designed to make disagreement without fear of a government sentence.”
“Neither the Faculty of Law or society can work properly in such fear.”
Still, Trump administration promised “Swift Action” if Harvard failed to adhere to his requests.
“We think of work”, Secretary McMahon published on social media.
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