President Donald Trump has just threatened to deprive the Harvard University's tax exemption regulation and asked the school to apologize for the situation he called "anti -Jewish" on the campus.
The move came after Harvard University rejected the requirements they thought to be unconstitutional from the federal government, regarding the reform of academic programs.
Since the wave of protests supporting Palestine spread at universities in the US after the 2023 event in Israel and Gaza, the Trump administration criticized many educational institutions, starting with Columbia University.
Mr. Trump accused these protests against American, anti -Jewish and spreading extreme ideology. He warned that all federal aid and federal contracts would be cut off if schools did not comply with the government's request.
In a social network post, Mr. Trump said he was considering taking off the tax exemption regulation of Harvard University because the school "supported political thought and terrorism".
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Harvard violated the covenant law, banned capital discrimination in federal funding organizations. However, aid can only be cut after prolonged investigation and notice to the National Assembly.
Some professors and students believe that the protests being assigned are anti -Jewish to legitimize the suppression of academic freedom. Principal Harvard Alan Garber oppose the requirements from the government, such as checking political views and terminating diverse, fair and integrated programs, saying that they exceed their competence and violate the freedom of speech.
According to Reuters, right after Mr. Garber announced the opposition, the Trump's anti -Jewish task force announced the freezing of more than 2 billion USD and contracted with Harvard University.
Meanwhile, Columbia University agreed to negotiate on protest regulations after being cut 400 million USD. A number of professors at Columbia sued the government for violating speech and legal process; The court asked the government to respond before 1.5.
Facing this situation, many other universities have voiced support for Harvard University. Princeton and Stanford schools affirm that it is necessary to protect the academic freedom tradition and warn that the Trump administration's approach may ruin the nation's scientific research capacity.
At the same time, some schools, including Princeton and the University of Illinois, sued the Ministry of Energy for cutting the budget of nuclear technology, cyber security and radioactive pharmaceuticals.
The tension between the government and the academicians has also led to many other consequences, including more and more students shifting to submit applications to schools in Canada.
