Trump Threatens to Revoke Harvard s Tax-Exempt Status – WSJ

The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights, Harvard President Alan Garber said Monday in a letter to the school s community.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that Harvard hadn t taken Trump s concerns seriously. 

All the President is asking, don t break federal law, and then you can have your federal funding, she said. I think the President is also begging a good question&why are the American taxpayers subsidizing a university that has billions of dollars in the bank already?

Harvard s resistance to the administration s demands is the most significant pushback against the government since it began pressuring universities earlier this year.

The Trump administration task force on antisemitism wrote the school earlier this month asking it to take nine actions that we regard as necessary for Harvard University s continued financial relationship with the United States government.

Most of the demands concern how the university operates. The government is asking for a comprehensive mask ban as well as changes to governance, leadership and admissions and an end to diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs.

Notably, the government also is seeking to reach into the classroom, demanding necessary changes be made to address bias, improve viewpoint diversity, and end ideological capture, which fuel antisemitic harassment, the task force s letter said. 

via www.wsj.com

Harvard has to be hoping Trump will not be followed by another Republican. Surely they can stall for the next 3 plus years. If it is another Trumpian Republican, they have a problem.