In March, for example, it pulled $400 million of federal funding from Columbia University in New York, accusing the university leadership of "continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students." Columbia sued the administration over the cancellation of funding, but it did comply with several other government demands, such as banning the wearing of masks during protests, hiring new security personnel and making changes to the management of the department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies. According to a letter sent by three government agencies to the university administration, the US government is demanding that Harvard implement sweeping reforms by August 2025, supposedly in order to counter what it perceives as the dominance of left-wing ideologies at Harvard faculties.
Author: Jan D. Walter
Published at: 2025-05-24 19:26:00
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