The administration's demands included auditing viewpoints of the student body to address antisemitism at the expense of federal funding.

The administration’s demands included auditing viewpoints of the student body to address antisemitism at the expense of federal funding.

The federal government on Monday night said it was freezing more than $2 billion in grants to Harvard University after the school said it would not accept Trump administration demands that included auditing viewpoints of the student body.

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Earlier Monday Harvard rejected the administration’s demands.

“The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” the university’s X account said in a statement posted Monday. “Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.”

  • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    2 days ago

    Harvard University’s endowment is approximately $51.977 billion as of fiscal year 2024. It is the largest academic endowment in the world.

    Harvard doesn’t need that funding, they’ll be just fine.

    • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
      18·
      2 days ago

      Right?! I think Trump is a piece of shit for doing this (and everything else) but why do they need $2B of our tax dollars to begin with?

      • mineralfellow@lemmy.world
        28·
        2 days ago

        The endowments are earmarked for particular use. The grants allow individual researchers to do their research. University funding math is weird.