The Trump administration responded quickly to Harvard University’s defiance on Monday, freezing more than $2.2 billion in multi-year grants and contracts after the university rejected demands that it change hiring, admissions and other policies.

  • cybervseas@lemmy.worldEnglish
    57·
    6 days ago

    The message I got from Harvard today sits in refreshingly stark contrast to the one I got from Columbia a few weeks ago. I opened it dreading what HU was going to say, and I’m pleasantly surprised. The school has many things it needs to work on, and I’ll take a good news like this when I can. Where do we go from here?

    • liverbe@lemmy.world
      21·
      6 days ago

      We need more companies and colleges to defy orders. I doubt any other schools can afford to. I think there are plenty of companies that “could” until an impossible tariff is put on them.

      • orcrist@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        6 days ago

        Of course plenty of other universities can afford to do it. It’s the research heavy universities that can’t afford it right now, but that might mean that they should cut a bunch of their research divisions. Tuition dollars are not affected by these types of legal shenanigans.

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        low-prestigious definitely cant afford it, our state schools is so desperate for students, they even give an easier bump to hs to get admitted to 4-year university now.

      • cybervseas@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        6 days ago

        I’m sure it will have an impact. I appreciate that their update wasn’t bundled along with a request for donations. One step better than the Democratic party lol.

        I went to Harvard Business School. This was en email they sent to all alumni across the university.