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Unfortunately Harvard is one of the few places that can afford to reject federal funding.
What was he congratulating Harvard for?
Republicans were like, do these crazy things or we’ll cut your funding. Harvard said no. This comes after Columbia mostly acquiesced to similar demands.
ah, more modern dystopian bullshit, got it
More like Harvard said: “We get fifty times that much money from elsewhere - go ahead and try me.” They also issued a pretty scathing justification, but they really are standing tall on independent funding.
I applaud what they’re doing but I fear that this approach isn’t viable for the majority of universities.
Trump “cancelled” DEI in all American Universities by saying federal funds would be cancelled if the programs were not eliminated. Nearly all major universities did it, because they really had no choice.
They had a choice. They chose money over principles.
if someone put a gun to my head and said “say you love Trump or I’ll pull the trigger”, I’d probably say all sorts of shit.
As soon as their eyes are off me I’d try to fight back, but at some point you have to make compromises to ensure you’ll be around to keep fighting.
Didn’t they get free money (they used to invest in our future workforce obvy) all along the way until just now? Or have their speech/activities been chilled along the way too :-/
PS: personal knowledge on this is about 0.5/10
And now he’s threatening their tax-exempt status
It is about time he said something about the new administration.
I just find it kinda weird to describe masked government agents showing up to drag people away to a prison in another country where they disappear as “stifling academic freedom”.
Maybe brain drain is the best messaging here.
We can import the shitholers and make them work CHEAP on smart people stuff, but it’s like hunting, make too much noise and you don’t get the kill
