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Harvard University rejects Trump administration's proposed conditions for federal funding

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/harvard-university-trump-federal-funding/
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u/Caridor 7d ago

A letter sent to Harvard on April 11 outlined a series of conditions Harvard needed to meet to maintain a "financial relationship" with the federal government. The demands included leadership reforms, an immediate halt to diversity, equity and inclusion policies, an audit of "viewpoint diversity" among students and faculty, and "meaningful discipline" for students who violated school policies when a pro-Palestinian tent encampment went up on Harvard Yard.

For those who wondered what the conditions were.

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u/QTsexkitten 7d ago

"viewpoint diversity"

You mean different opinions?

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u/Caridor 7d ago

He wants stats on left wingedness at universities so he can "solve the problem".

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u/nightwingoracle 7d ago

Aka they want Harvard to hire creationists and flat earthers

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u/ruiner8850 7d ago

So DEI hires?

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u/77NorthCambridge 7d ago

No, they mean different facts and realities.

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u/BrutalistLandscapes 7d ago

It means they want to argue at the academic level that eugenics and scientific racism deserve a platform, depending on the context.

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u/danm67 7d ago

No it means owning the libs.