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Harvard President Alan Gerber flatly rejected the White House request cleaning list
The US government threatened to ban Harvard from registering foreign students after the agency said it would not succumb to demands from the Donald Trump administration.
The White House is calling for the oldest universities in the United States to make changes to employment, admissions and educational practices that they say will help combat anti-Semitism on campus.
Homeland Security Secretary Christie Norm on Wednesday accused Ivy League schools of “threatening national security” and “beating their knees to anti-Semitism.”
She also requested records of “illegal and violent” activities of foreign student visa holders. International students account for more than 27% of Harvard University enrollment this year.
“Universities will not waive independence or waive constitutional rights,” Harvard President Alan Gerber wrote a message to the Harvard community on Monday.
The university’s billions of dollars are inscribed – authorities have frozen $2.2 billion (£1.7 billion) in federal funds, but Trump had previously threatened to remove the exemption from valuable texts.
“Harvard can no longer be considered a place of study and should not be considered in the list of great universities and universities in the world,” Trump said Wednesday on his true social platform.
“Harvard is a joke, teaches hatred and stupidity, and should no longer receive federal funds.”
The administration’s attacks on Harvard are not quarantined.
During the presidential election, Trump pitched a crackdown on funding for universities, portraying it as hostile to conservatives.
Since taking office, his administration has focused particularly on universities where Palestinian protests have arisen. Some Jewish students feel that they are dangerous and face harassment on campus.
The government’s anti-Semitism task force, established in February, has identified at least 60 universities for review.
In March, Columbia University agreed to some of the administration’s demands after $400 million (£310 million) was charged against accusations that the university had failed to fight anti-Semitism on campus.
These have pledged to conduct reviews to “ensure an equitable admission process” instead of the officials leading research departments in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.
Harvard also made a concession.
Last month, it rejected a leader at the Middle East Research Center who fired fire after failing to represent Israel’s perspective.
Harvard has not publicly responded to Noem’s latest requests.
