The article discusses Harvard's decision to resist demands from the Trump Administration for policy changes related to culture wars, despite threats of losing substantial federal funding. Unlike Columbia University, Harvard chose to uphold its independence and constitutional rights, asserting that no university should submit to federal control. Jeannie Suk Gersen analyzes the broader implications of these threats, suggesting that political pressures can undermine the integrity of educational institutions, reducing civil rights laws to tools for political coercion.
The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.
Civil-rights laws have been reduced to cudgels for coercing universities into subservience, showcasing the dangers of political pressure on academic institutions.
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