Harvard University sued this Monday to the United States government, which chairs Donald Trump, for freezing federal funds last week that he received because he allegedly tolerated anti -Semitic attitudes on his campus.
As a tailored reaction, the Educational Institution accuses members of the Cabinet, such as the Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the Secretary of the Department of Education, Linda McMahon, of violating with the reprisal the first amendment of the Constitution, reports The agency EFE.
“The government’s attempt to coerce and control Harvard” ignores the fundamental principles of the first amendment, “which safeguard academic freedom,” and also breached federal laws and regulations, they consider from the House of High Studies.
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– Harvard University (@harvard) April 21, 2025
Alan Garber, president of Harvard, He assured from the university website that “the consequences of government overreach will be serious and durable.”
In turn, he added that “they will impact research on diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s.”
Gerber explained that, as a Jew, he considered the concern about the increase in anti -Semitism at the moment. However, he indicated that to effectively address this situation “understanding, intention and surveillance is required.”
The highest authority of the prestigious University said that this “that job is seriously taken,” and accused the government of using anti -Semitism to justify “an illegal action.”
On April 14, the Center’s directive rejected the demands to avoid the freezing of about 2200 million dollars it receives from the Government.
Among those demands were the cancellation of their diversity programs and monitor the ideological orientation of their foreign students.
The reprisals did not wait, and in addition to the fund cutting, the Trump administration threatened to eliminate the exemption of taxes from which the center currently enjoys.
Others join the climbing
Harvard is one of the universities, together with Columbia and Princeton, among others, who have seen their federal financing threatened based on the reports of the “Federal Working Group to combat anti -Semitism” created by Trump.
The Government accuses them of applying “positive discrimination” policies or for not accommodating what the administration qualifies as “diversity of ideas.”
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Given the pressure, the University of Columbia agreed to meet the demands imposed by the Government, and thus avoid the loss of 400 million dollars in federal financing, which would have complicated its operation.
However, Harvard’s position has promoted other university centers and schools to raise their voices against the government’s claims to control its activities.
On Tuesday, a hundred directors and professionals from American universities and academic societies, among which are Harvard, Yale or Princeton, signed a document in which they criticize the interference they receive from the Trump administration, according to a dispatch of the Spanish Agency.
The price of limiting freedoms
The document was made public after knowing the demand filed by Harvard, and indicates the purpose of the leaders of the universities and schools of “we pronounce in unison against government overreach and unprecedented political interference that endanger higher education”.
The text, which according to the medium has been supported by the American Association of Colleges and Universities, points out that “we are open to a constructive reform and we do not oppose legitimate government supervision. However, we must oppose the undue intrusion of the government in the life of those who study, live and work on our campus”.
In addition, it emphasizes that the “price of limiting freedoms that define US higher education will be paid by our students and our society.”
Among the centers that signed the document are the American University, Vassar College, the Bryn Mawr College, the Rhodes College, the University of Westminster, the University of Boston, the University of San Diego, the Rutgers University or the University of Pennsylvania.
