In full swing is the ‘war’ that has opened the Donald Trump with the largest American universities. ‘Red cloth’ for US President, University Harvadwhich after the “freeze” of state subsidies and grants has appealed to justice.
Donald Trump’s government has been attacking weeks against well -known US universities, which accuses that they have let the anti -Semitism During student mobilizations against the war in the Gaza Strip, Something that their Rectors categorically deny. Among its goals is Harvard, a university as a rule at the top of the world rankings.
The educational institution saw $ 2.2 billion Federal funding to freeze last week after rejecting claims by the US government.
President Donald Trump threatened to go far beyond, abolishing the exception of taxes and fees at Harvard, in which he accuses that he is promoting “hatred” and “stupidity”.
Reacting, the University, located near Boston (northeast), appealed to a federal court in Massachusetts.
“This case concerns the government’s efforts to use the freezing of federal funding as a medium To take control of academic decisions in Harvard ยปhe stressed the passionate university in his appeal.
“The actions of the government violate not only the first amendment (the constitution, which guarantees freedom of expression), but also Federal laws and regulations’, reports the appeal (p. 4) of the University, which finds the decision to deprive funding and donations “arbitrary”.
Harvard is often targeted by conservatives, which characterize American universities more widely. The attacks doubled after the spring of 2024 and the student mobilizations against the war that Israel watched in the Gaza Strip.
Republican parliamentarians have also announced that investigation has begun to investigate Harvard in Congress as they were being raised that he had violated equality laws.
Donald Trump’s Government also threatened to be banned from attending university foreign students If the registration is not accepted, including political direction.
‘Don’t cheat: Harvard rejects anti -Semitism And discrimination in all its forms and proceeds actively into structural reforms to uproot anti -Semitism from his campus, “the appeal said.
“But instead of working with Harvard in its ongoing efforts, the government has announced a sweeping freezing of funding for medical, scientific, technological and other research that has nothing to do with anti -Semitism,” the text adds.
Harvard’s position was praised by many teachers and students as a rare indication of resistance, while other universities, such as the New Yorker Columbia, agreed to proceed with reforms required by Republican pressure under pressure.