Harvard Law School professor Andrew Manuel Crespo defended his university\u2019s decision to \u201ctake a stand\u201d against the Trump administration Monday.<\/p>\n
In an interview on CNN\u2019s \u201cThe Source\u201d with anchor Kaitlan Collins, Crespo said he believed \u201cthe Trump administration’s decision to cut $2.2 billion from Harvard tonight makes clear \u2026 why it’s so important for Harvard, and really every university in the country, to take a stand at this critical moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou mentioned some of the demands that the administration has made of Harvard. [It] includes things like trying to \u2026 appoint a federally-named oversight official to do an audit of every course, every department at Harvard, to see if we have ideological balance to meet the Trump administration’s test for what we teach and what we say at these universities,\u201d Crespo said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s a transparent effort to change what is taught, what we \u2026 say in our classrooms, what we teach our students, to make sure that the only things that are actually said on university campuses are things that the Trump administration wants to hear and wants to be said,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Last week, the Trump administration demanded that<\/a> Harvard change multiple policies \u2014 including those regarding protesting and diversity, equity and inclusion programs \u2014 in order to hold on to its federal funding<\/a>. The school shot down the demands Monday.<\/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 Harvard President Alan Garber said in a Monday message to the university’s community.<\/p>\n