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Donald Trump doubled in his administration with Harvard University with a threat to remove university tax exempt status.
His warning came less than a day after the White House said it would freeze more than $ 2.2 billion in funding for Harvard after refusing the university to implement requests for a series of repairs in its governance and student discipline.
“Maybe Harvard should lose his tax exempt status and be taxed as a political entity if he continues to postpone” the disease inspired by politics, ideological and terrorist inspired/supported “disease?” Remember, tax exempt status depends entirely on the action in the public interest! “The President wrote on his platform of social truth.
Trump’s threat increases concerns among US higher education institutions that the government aims to expand its attacks on what it claims are failures to address the alleged anti -Semitism in the camps.
The Trump administration is considering the abolition of tax exempt from US universities and regulating the accreditation system that makes them acceptable for federal funds including student loans.
“I think many Americans are wondering why their tax dollars are going to these universities when they not only indoctrinate the students of our nation, but also allowing the illegal behavior of such a group to happen,” the White House behavior Caroline Leavitt said on Tuesday.
“The president’s position is based on the common sense, the fundamental principle that Jewish students, or students of any faith, should not be bullied and illegally intended on the campus of our nation’s College, and we unfortunately saw that illegal discrimination takes place on Harvard campus,” she added.
Harvard said the administration claims were violated in academic freedom and had no due process.
“The university will not surrender its independence or will not give up its constitutional rights,” Harvard President Alan Garber said on Monday.
The university is the first high profile institution to resist administration demands after several weeks of threats and freezing of grants.
Unlike Harvard, New York’s Columbia University bowed to administration demands after cutting $ 400 million in grants, which have not yet returned. On the contrary, the government is planning an order of consent overseen by the aggressive court to oversee the university.
But there are signs that universities have begun to challenge the administration. “Harvard’s objections to the letter he received are rooted in the American tradition of freedom, an essential tradition for our country’s universities, and it’s worth defending,” said Jonathan Levin, President of Stanford University.
He added: “The way to bring about constructive changes is not by destroying the nation’s ability to research, or through the government by taking the command of a private institution.”
University professors and teachers’ networks have already sued the administration, and there are wider actions in developing to challenge a freezing blanket in universities for grants related to topics, including diversity, equality and inclusion.
Universities are also challenging an indirect grant -related cost lid across the country by the National Institute of Health and the Department of Energy.
