{"id":1102,"date":"2025-04-15T20:30:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T20:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2025-04-16T22:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T22:49:18","slug":"harvard-receives-support-from-yale-stanford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/15\/harvard-receives-support-from-yale-stanford\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard receives support from Yale, Stanford"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Harvard University received support from Stanford University and Yale University as its legal battle<\/a> with the Trump administration continues to draw national attention. <\/p>\n

Representatives from both schools supported Harvard\u2019s decision to reject the government\u2019s demands<\/a> to rid the institution of diversity, equity and inclusion policies amid other directives. <\/p>\n

\u201cUniversities need to address legitimate criticisms with humility and openness. But the way to bring about constructive change is not by destroying the nation\u2019s capacity for scientific research, or through the government taking command of a private institution,\u201d Stanford President Jonathan Levin and Provost Jenny Martinez wrote in a Tuesday statement<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cHarvard\u2019s objections to the letter it received are rooted in the American tradition of liberty, a tradition essential to our country\u2019s universities, and worth defending,\u201d the two added.<\/p>\n

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and its Cambridge campus chapter launched a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Saturday in an effort to block the removal of federal funds from Harvard over unfulfilled demands. <\/p>\n

The Department of Education said Monday it would freeze<\/a> approximately $2.2 billion in multiyear grants and $60 million in multiyear contracts for the institution in response to the school\u2019s alleged failure to combat antisemitism. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe stand together at a crossroads. American universities are facing extraordinary attacks that threaten the bedrock principles of a democratic society, including rights of free expression, association, and academic freedom,\u201d the Yale AAUP chapter and corresponding faculty wrote in an open letter<\/a> to the school\u2019s administrators. <\/p>\n

They urged leaders to defend free speech, promote university self-governance and proactively work with other colleges and universities in collective defense against political threats. <\/p>\n

Former President Obama also slammed the Trump administration<\/a> for demanding changes to Harvard\u2019s campus structure.<\/p>\n

\u201cHarvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions \u2014 rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make sure all students at Harvard can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let\u2019s hope other institutions follow suit,\u201d he wrote in a Monday post on the social platform X. <\/p>\n

Harvard interim President Alan Garber said the institution would continue to fight the government\u2019s attempts to influence higher education in America by repealing federal funds.  <\/p>\n

\u201cThe administration\u2019s prescription goes beyond the power of the federal government. It violates Harvard\u2019s First Amendment rights and exceeds the statutory limits of the government\u2019s authority under Title VI. And it threatens our values as a private institution devoted to the pursuit, production, and dissemination of knowledge,\u201d Garber wrote Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo government \u2014 regardless of which party is in power \u2014 should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Harvard University received support from Stanford University and Yale University as its legal battle with the Trump administration continues to draw national attention.  Representatives from both schools supported Harvard\u2019s decision to reject the government\u2019s demands to rid the institution of diversity, equity and inclusion policies amid other directives.  \u201cUniversities need to address legitimate criticisms with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}