Harvard University President Alan Garber said, “Sure, it hurts Harvard but it hurts the country because the research funding is not a gift, and that is what high-priority work is.” “There are a lot of discoveries made by Harvard and other universities about cancer and treatments of the disease,” he added. He further said that institutions should be “firm in their positions”.
A Harvard University presidential commission has said that the university is a “problem of the 21st century” due to the prevalence of international students. The commission’s statement said, “Different factions at Harvard have fought to force different university leaders to make statements, invest, divest, hire…fire, doxx, un-doxx, discipline Students and undiscipline them.” It added that it’s ready to welcome affected students.
The US government has revoked the ability of Harvard University to enroll international students. This follows a lawsuit filed by Harvard, which alleged that the Trump administration had sought to stop the university from enrolling international students. Harvard said it relied on nearly 7,000 international students from more than 140 countries to come to its campuses.
The US is removing Harvard University’s varsity sports team from its list of international student visas amid the ongoing protests against Donald Trump. Earlier, the US government asked Harvard to turn over information about its international students, including their “known illegal activities”, “known dangerous or violent activity”, and “known deprivation of rights of other classmates or university personnel”.
Harvard University has rejected demands by the Trump administration that it eliminate its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and make significant changes to its admissions and hiring practices. In March, the government had said that it was reviewing $9 billion of federal contracts and grant commitments to combat anti-Semitic tendencies. “If Harvard hadn’t stood up…it would’ve sent a chill across higher education,” an official said.
Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned over plagiarism allegations. Gay, who became the first African-American and second woman to lead the Ivy League school in 2012, had faced accusations of plagiarizing parts of her published works and appearing before Congress last month. Gay had become the first person of colour and the second woman to lead Harvard when she joined the faculty.
Harvard University President Claudine Gay has said that calls for violence or genocide against the Jewish community, or any religious or ethnic group are vile. “They have no place at Harvard,” she added. The comment came after Gay was criticised by 74 members of Congress over her remarks at a House of Representatives committee hearing on anti-Semitism on college campuses.