Not all of Harvard’s backers are happy about its defiance of Trump

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2025-04-25 00:07

The university frantically tried to avoid a showdown with the Trump administration.
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April 24, 2025

To much of academia, Harvard is a hero for standing up to the White House and rejecting its demands to reshape higher education.

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