Harvard President Alan Garber said Wednesday the university won’t bend to the Trump administration’s demands to change several of its academic and administrative policies.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not compromise on certain issues,\u201d Garber told NBC News’s Lester Holt. \u201cWe\u2019ve made that very clear.\u201d<\/p>\n
The interview came two days after Harvard sued the Trump administration for cutting off more than $2 billion of funding to the university.<\/p>\n
President Trump cut off the funds after Harvard said it would not cave to demands that included eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion and reforming its admissions and hiring practices.<\/p>\n
While the Trump administration said it is taking these actions against Harvard due to alleged inaction on antisemitism, Holt asked Garber if he believes that is its actual motivation, considering many of the demands seem unrelated to that fight.<\/p>\n
Garber emphasized the university does have an issue with antisemitism and is working to address it, but the White House has targeted completely unrelated research funding.<\/p>\n
\u201cPutting that research at jeopardy because of claims of antisemitism seems to us to be misguided,\u201d he said. \u201cThe effort to address antisemitism will not be advanced by shutting off funding.\u201d<\/p>\n
Multiple other universities have also lost millions in funding under Trump over the same allegations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is so much at stake,\u201d Garber said. \u201cPeople leave their jobs. We have patients whose treatment in clinical trials might be interrupted. Animals that are used in research sometimes cannot continue to be maintained when the funding stops.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are defending what I believe is one of the most important lynchpins of the American economy and way of life: our universities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
When Holt asked if Garber believes Harvard will win, he replied, \u201cI don\u2019t know the answer to this question, but the stakes are so high we have no choice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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