Donald Trump to block Harvard from federal subsidies

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The Trump Administration has said that Harvard will block the eligibility for new federal government’s research aids, increasing its attack at Elite University.

The Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, wrote to the President of the University on Monday informing -the decision and exploited the university to make a “mockery of the higher education system in this country”.

“This letter is to inform -you Harvard should no longer seek federal government aid because no one will be provided,” write to Alan Garber.

)Harvard It will cease to be a publicly funded institution and can operate as an institution with private funding, based on its colossal endowment and raising money from its great base of rich students. “”

A senior official of the Department of Education said that the BLOC is specifically related to the subsidies for research.

Harvard did not immediately respond to a comment request.

The decision is the last wide part of the United States President Donald Trump Against Harvard and other elite universities that has accused of promoting progressive policy and fostering a culture of “misfortune” on the campus.

Last week Trump said he would Harvard Example scratching status. He had previously announced plans to strip more than $ 2.2 million in federal funding from the university, which led to legal actions against his administration.

Monday’s announcement takes place after the coverage fund billionaire, Bill Ackman, who successfully led a Harvard’s former President Claudine Gay renewed his own university attack and suggested that he should not have sued the government.

“What Harvard should have done is to say: President Trump: Make some good points. The money of the taxpayers who come to Harvard are a privilege, not a right,” said Ackman.

In his letter, McMahon accused the University of not approaching anti -Semitism on the campus, tolerating discrimination, abandoning academic rigor and had no diversity of views.

Some experts wondered if the Government could unilaterally cancel the financing of the grant.

“Categorically say that an entity will not be eligible for subsidies, before there was an award of the entity’s failure to meet the requirements, it could be problematic,” said Jonathan Adler, a law professor at the Western Reserve University.

However, he added: “I think part of this is the message it sends to other universities.”

The financing block will last until the resolution of the Federal Government’s investigations to the university, according to the senior official of the Department. They added that this could be accelerated if the university would “open a wider negotiation” with the administration.