Published 04/22/2025 18:29
Donald Trump’s government is accused of interference with the governance of Universities of the United States. The president has been active to bring his extreme right ideology into research centers and classrooms. The case made more than 100 representatives of universities, colleges and academic societies produce an open letter, published on Tuesday (22), rejecting the interference of the government.
Harvard, the most prominent university in the country, did not join Washington’s impositions and thus had a federal funding of $ 2.3 billion frozen. In addition, the government threatened to remove tax exemption and ban Harvard from enrolling foreign.
This attack on university finances aims to coerce university management to meet its requirements to supervise students and teachers, as well as the content taught.
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In response, White House interlocutors have already said that the government intends that federal resources are not employed in research that encourages racial discrimination.
The argument without logic actually hides that Trump wants to repress Palestinian state supporters, accusing anti -Semitism students. The university students held several protests over 2024 in accordance with the genocide taken by Israel with US support.
Thus, the US President charges universities that fight his own students by suppressing the freedom of expression that the far right likes to shout, but in fact, it does not practice it. Other attacks focus on transgender people and research on inclusion and diversity.
Harvard lawyers filed a lawsuit against the Trump government to reverse the freezing of the institution’s funds, as well as pointing out requests that hurt the constitution and disrespect federal laws and civil rights. In the process it is also reported that the executive tries to oversee hiring and impose curriculum aligned with what the government understands to be the right one.
In the document that accuses the Trump administration of being a risk to higher education with political interference, there are still the support of rectors from other important institutions such as Yale, Brown, Columbia and Princeton.
*With information Reuters
Source: vermelho.org.br
