Donald Trump to prevent Harvard from federal scholarships

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The Trump administration said it will prevent Harvard from the eligibility of granting the research of the new federal government, which is escalating in its attack on the Elite University.

The Minister of Education, Linda McMahon, wrote to the President of the University on Monday to inform him of the decision and detonate the university to provide “a mockery of the higher education system in this country.”

“This message is to inform you that Harvard should not seek to obtain scholarships from the federal government, as none of them are offered.” books To Alan Garbar.

“Harvard It will stop being funded by the public sector, and instead can work as an institution funded from the private sector, depending on its huge gifts and raising funds from its large base of the wealthy graduates. “

A senior official in the Ministry of Education said that the bloc is related to research financing.

Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The decision is the latest protest from the American President Donald Trump Against Harvard University and other elite universities accused of promoting progressive policy and promoting the culture of “sadness” on the campus.

Last week, Trump said he would do The case of exempting taxes from Harvard scrap. He had previously announced plans to strip more than $ 2.2 billion of federal funding from the university, which led her to launch legal measures against his administration.

The announcement comes on Monday after the hedge funds renewed billionaire Bill Akman – who led a successful campaign to dismiss the former President of Harvard University, Claudine Jay – his own attack on the university and suggested not to sue the government.

Akman said: “Harvard should not do is to say: President Trump – you make some good points. The money of the taxpayers coming to Harvard University is a privilege and not really.”

In her letter, McMahon accused the University of failure of addressing anti -Semitism on the campus, tolerance of discrimination, abandoning academic rigor and lacking the diversity of views.

Some experts questioned whether the government was able to cancel the financing of grants unilaterally.

Jonathan Adler, a law professor at Kis Western Revis University, said: “The saying categorically that the entity will be not qualified to obtain grants, before there is a ruling on the entity’s failure to meet the requirements, it may be a problem,” said Jonathan Adler, a law professor at the University of Kis Western Revis.

However, he added: “I think part of this is the message he sends to other universities.”

The financing block will continue until the investigation decision in the university’s federal government, according to the senior department official. They added that it could be accelerated if the university “opens wider negotiations” with the administration.