Donald Trump to block Harvard from federal grants

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The Trump administration has said that they will block Harvard from the new federal government from qualification for research and increase the attack on the elite university.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Monday informed the university’s president about the decision and exploded the university to “mock the higher education system of this country”.

McMahon Wrote Alan Garber.

“Harvard A publicly funded organization will be shut down and instead can act as a personal financial institution, to draw its huge endomen and raise money from rich alumni students. “

A senior education department official said the block is particularly related to the grant for the research fund.

Harvard did not immediately respond to any request for the comment.

The decision is the latest expansion of the US president Donald Trump Harvard and other elite universities that he accused of promoting progressive politics and building a “mourning” culture on campus.

Trump said last week that he would do HarvardThe He earlier announced plans to take more than $ 2.2 billion for the federal fund from the university, requested to take legal action against his administration.

The announcement of Monday’s announcement was Hez Fund Billionaire Bill Acman – who led a successful campaign to unset former Harvard President Claudine Gay – renewed his attack at this university and suggested that it should not be sued against the government.

“What Harvard should have done to do is: President Trump – you have made some good points. Taxpayer money is not a right to come to Harvard, not right,” Acman says.

In his letter, McMahon has accused the University of dealing with opposition on campus, enduring discrimination, renouncing academic stiffness and lack of diversity of viewpoints.

Some experts asked whether the government was unilaterally to cancel the grant fund.

Jonathan Adler, a law professor at the Case Western Reserve University, said, “It is clearly saying that an entity is going to be ineligible for grants, there may be a problem before the failure of the entity to fulfill the requirements,” Jonathan Adler, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University, said.

But he added: “I think a portion of it sends it to other universities.”

Senior department officials said the block of the fund will continue till the federal government investigation is resolved. They also added that it could be done quickly if the “opening of extensive negotiations” with the university administration.