More than 100 American universities and colleges, including the institutions of the Ivy League, Princeton and Brown, issued a joint letter on Tuesday, April 22, the “political interference” of President Donald Trump in the educational system. “We talk with one voice against the overreach of the unprecedented government and the political interference that now endangers American education Highher,” said the letter. “We are open to a constructive reform and we do not oppose the legitimate supervision of the government. However, we must oppose the intrusion of the undue government,” he said, adding: “We must reject the coercive use of public investigation financing.”
The measure occurs a day after Harvard University sued the Trump administration, which has threatened to reduce funds and impose political supervision outside politics. Trump has tried to bring several prestigious universities to the statements that tolerated the anti -Semitism of the campus, threatening their budgets, the status of tax exemption and the registration of foreign students. Trump’s war against universities has seen him threaten to reduce federal funds in policies Meean to encourage diversity between students and staff.
The Republican president has also followed a wide repression of immigration that has expanded to foreign students, revoking their visas, of little or no reason. The joint letter said that universities and schools promised to serve as centers where “the faculty, students and staff are free to exchange ideas and opinions in a complete range of views without fear of remuneration, censorship or deportation.”
Accusations or ‘anti -Semitism’
The White House has publicly justified its campaign against universities as a reaction to “non -controlled anti -Semitism and the desire to reverse diversity programs aimed at addressing the historical oppression of minorities. The Administration states that the protests against the Israel War in Gaza that extended through the United States university campuses last year were plagued by anti -Semitism. Many American universities, including Harvard, took energetic measures against protests for accusations at that time.
Several main institutions, including Columbia University, also have Bodde to the demands of the Trump administration, why he states that the educational elite is too left.
Harvard demand
In the case of Harvard, the White House looks for unprecedented levels of government control over admissions and hiring practices at the oldest and rich university in the country. However, Harvard rejected government demands, which led Trump administration last week to order the freezing of $ 2.2 billion in federal funds to the institution. In your lawsuit, Harvard asks the freezing of funds and conditions imposed on federal subsidies that will be declared illegal, as well as the Trump administration to pay the costs of the institutions.
The National Security Department has also threatened Harvard’s ability to register international students unless they become records of visa holders “” “illegal and violent activities.” International students represented 27.2% of Harvard’s enrollment in this academic year, according to their website.
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