Since the return of the Republican to the White House, US agent accuses the educational center to serve as fertile ground for ‘Woke’ ideology
The government of imposed on Friday (19) new restrictions on access to federal funds, and opened a new front in its unprecedented repression against the prestigious US university. Since his return to the White House in January, Trump has accused the educational center of serving as fertile ground for the “Woke” ideology, a pejorative term used by the right to designate diversity promotion policies.
The Department of Education announced on Friday, in a statement, which placed Harvard under the status of “High Cash Monitoring (HCM). The decision is based on “increasing concerns about the university’s financial position.”
The change in status requires the university to use its own resources to pay the student financial aid packages that the federal government has promised. The school must request reimbursements from the government later.
“Students will continue to have access to federal financing, but Harvard will be required to cover initial disbursements as a protection measure to ensure that taxpayers’ funds responsively spend,” the department said.
In addition, federal officials asked Harvard to “publish an irrevocable letter of credit worth $ 36 million [R$ 191,7 milhões]”To“ cover possible responsibilities and ensure ”that complies with its financial obligations. The measure arrives after a Harvard’s court victory over Trump’s government, when a judge revoked the freezing of $ 2.6 billion funds (13.8 billion) in early September.
Trump officials also accuse Harvard and other universities not to protect their Jewish students sufficiently during pro-Palestinian protests.
Harvard has denied these allegations and states that the federal government wants to control the hiring, admissions and school plan. Harvard did not comment on the new federal financing restrictions, but announced on Friday that he began to recover some of these frozen funds.
“We are pleased to see the distribution of $ 46 million [245 milhões de reais] In Research Funds of the Department of Health and Human Services. This is an initial step, and we hope to continue seeing the funding restored by all federal agencies. ”
*With information from AFP
Posted by Nicolas Robert
