Trump administration has been involved in a financial impasse with several US universities, theCused from allowing anti -Semitism to flourish during student protests against war in Gaza.
Republicans in the US Congress announced on Thursday that they began an investigation into Harvard, accusing it of violating equality laws in the latest attack on President Donald Trump against the prestigious university.
Trump administration has been involved in a financial impasse with several US universities, theCused from allowing anti -Semitism to flourish during student protests against war in Gaza.
Donald Trump threatens to go even further by removing the fiscal exemption granted to Harvard, who accused of spreading “hatred and stupidity,” said the
In the letter that announced the opening of a parliamentary investigation, the republican authorities the University rector reported that they would monitor his “Lack of compliance with civil rights laws” and, in particular, discrimination based on race.
“Harvard seems so incapable or unwilling to prevent the illegal discrimination that the institution, under its guidance, refuses to consider a reasonable agreement proposed by federal authorities, with the purpose of making Harvard comply with the law,” said the president of the House of Representatives Investigation Commission (Baixa of Congress), James Era, and Republican Congressman Elise Stefanik.
“No institution has the right to violate the law,” they added, addressing the rector of the university, Alan Garber.
A University rejection Donald Trump was greeted by many teachers and students as a rare sign of resistancewhile Columbia University in New York agreed to undertake reforms under the pressure of the Republican.
Harvard staff and students spoke out against the Trump administration protesting on Thursday at the Cambridge campusnear Boston, according to researcher Avi Steinberg.
“They want Harvard to fulfill the promises they made to their students and teachers from protecting all students on campus, protecting the faculty, and especially freedom of expression,” he said to AFP.
Harvard’s reaction was also greeted by hundreds of teachers and several figures from the Democratic Party, including Barack Obamahaving the former president (2009-2017) greeted the measure as an example that should be followed by other institutions.
The institution, located near Boston, which has about 30,000 students, consolidated itself for years at the top of the worldwide ranking of Shanghai Higher Education Institutions.
Like other campuses, it is in the target of conservatives, who have been involved in an offensive against US universities for years they consider too leftist.
