Some faculty members at elite Harvard University who refused to follow the demands of reform to stop racism have donated 10% of their pay to fight President Donald Trump.
More than 80 teachers say they will give them a portion of their pay for up to a year in order to support “resistance” against the president after the administration freezes $2.2. Harvard Crimson, 1 billion grant It has been reported April 30th.
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“If we are asking university administrations to resist the Trump administration's attacks on academic freedom, we must be willing to share the necessary financial sacrifices,” wrote Professor Dani Rodrick '79, a signatorial figure at Harvard Kennedy Schools, in an emailed statement.
Pledged donations come as Harvard faces lean time and continuous attacks on its funds. The Trump administration frozen $2.2 billion in federal funds on April 15, and another $1 billion on April 21 after Harvard publicly rejected a White House cleaning request for changes to its university policy.
According to Breitbart News, Harvard said it would not follow the demand for reform to stop anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination, one of several other universities being monitored by the Federal Anti-Semitism Task Force.
Harvard argued that reforms in these regions should not be related to federal funding. The university subsequently filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration.
“According to New York TimesThe lawsuit filed Monday in federal court accused the Trump administration of launching an unfounded attack as “leverage to gain control over academic decisions at Harvard.”
In an interview Wednesday, President Trump said Harvard might stop acquiring federal funds entirely, so “we can give that money to people who really need it.”
Trump said, “And you say, 'Well, Harvard should be so great, why do people have to correct it, is it basic and very simple mathematics?” So we're giving them billions of dollars a year.
