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Harvard says it will not ‘yield’ to Trump demands over $9bn in funding cuts

In a message, the university’s president said it will not ‘surrender its independence’ amid crackdown on education

Harvard University said Monday that it will not comply with a new list of demands from the Trump administration issued last week that the government says are designed to crackdown on antisemitism and alleged civil rights violations at elite academic institutions.

In a message to the Harvard community Monday, university president Alan Garber vowed that the school will not yield to the government’s pressure campaign. “The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” Garber said.

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