Harvard professor gives perspective on the Trump administration clash with university

Harvard University remains resolute in refusing the demands of the Trump administration, which has threatened to withhold over $2 billion in federal funding and revoke its tax-exempt status. Harvard Law professor Nikolas Bowie supports the university's position, asserting that the institution must prioritize academic integrity over political pressures. He warns that yielding to the administration would undermine Harvard's commitment to truth and academic independence. The government claims its actions are targeting antisemitism on campuses, but Bowie's objections focus on the potential consequences of halted research funded by these grants.

"For us to change what we think is important, because of prevailing orthodoxy in the White House, would turn Harvard's pursuit of truth, its motto, to just pursuit of popular opinion."

"I would be furious to learn that the study was canceled midway because the president stripped the hospital of its federal funding. Yet, that's what the president right now is proposing."

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