More than 14,000 urge Harvard to stand firm against Trump

More than 14,000 students, faculty, alumni and members of the public signed a letter urging Harvard to reject any deal with the Trump administration that would sacrifice the university’s autonomy, report Samuel A Church and Cam N Srivastava for The Harvard Crimson.

The letter was sent to University President Alan M Garber ’76 and the Harvard Corporation, Harvard’s highest governing body, on Wednesday. It warns that a settlement with the Trump administration could have a “chilling effect on the Harvard community and on all of higher education”.

Harvard has been in talks with the White House since June to strike a deal that could restore billions in dollars of federal research funding to the university and end its two lawsuits over international students and frozen research funding.
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