Harvard University not to yield to Trump’s demands

Harvard University says it will not acquiesce to US President Donald Trump’s demands – whether it continues to get federal funding or not, the BBC writes.

“No government – regardless of which party is in power – should dictate what private universities can teach,” Harvard’s president Alan Garber said in a letter posted on the university’s website.

To remind, not long after Harvard refused to agree to the White House’s sweeping list of demands—which included directions on how to govern, hire and teach—the Trump administration froze $2.2bn of federal funds to the institution.

Many students and alumni lauded the university’s decision to stand its ground, despite the consequences. Former President Barack Obama, an alumnus himself, called Trump’s move “ham-handed” and praised Harvard as “an example for other higher-ed institutions”.