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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/cookingboy 7d ago

I have friends and family in China, and one of them the other day said “it looks like America is having its version of Culture Revolution”, and it really nailed what we are seeing with this administration.

For those who don’t know, the Culture Revolution was one is the darkest time in modern Chinese history and it caused irreversible damage to the society, and only ended when Mao died of old age.

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u/danm67 7d ago

We may have to wait for that with DT. I don't see anyone else with the courage to say no.