Washington (AP) – President Donald Trump On Tuesday, he said his administration was approaching a deal with Harvard University. Harvard University has targeted a series of research seeking changes to its policy and governance and a multi-billion-dollar funding cut.
The ceasefire with the oldest and wealthiest university in the country is Tested independence American universities.
Trump took office saying he would do so Cut your funds I vow to eliminate the “heart” for the school that has denied his agenda. His pressure campaign zero After the Ivy League Institution rejected his request.
Trump initially said he had reached a deal, but officials later said the agreement would be “close to a final decision.” “We haven’t done it yet,” he said at the White House.
Trump said the deal includes a $500 million payment from Harvard, which will be used to create a “season of trade schools run by Harvard.” Trump described it as an investment to revive the trade school and lay American plant workers.
“They’re going to be teaching people AI and a lot of other things,” Trump said.
Harvard and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The deal will open the door to sanctions resolution, including Harvard research grants, losses in federal contracts and more than $2.6 billion in efforts to block schools’ ability to enroll international students.
Earlier this month, a federal judge in Boston ordered the Trump administration to reverse cuts Research fundingdominating the cuts amounted to illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of the administration’s demands. The government had tied the funding freeze to Harvard’s delay in dealing with anti-Semitism, but the judge said the university’s federally supported research had little to do with discrimination against Jews.
The Trump administration has before I signed a contract Together with Columbia and Brown, they will resolve investigations into allegations of civil rights violations and restore federal research funds.
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