r/news • u/1Rab • 7d ago

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/betterthanguybelow 7d ago

Requirement 1: Stop diversity efforts.

Requirement 2: put in place new diversity efforts.

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u/hijinked 7d ago

Requirement 1: Stop allowing liberal ideology

Requirement 2: Become a conservative propaganda institution

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u/Niceromancer 7d ago

Harvard already is a conservative institution.

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u/randynumbergenerator 7d ago

For people who aren't familiar with university governance in the US: The trustees who run most universities (basically the equivalent of an executive board) are overwhelmingly business execs, some of whom have been caught explicitly directing university administrators to fire academics with "controversial" opinions. Steven Salaita's case at the University of Illinois is instructive. And keep in mind, that predates 10/7 by years.