Trump Looks to Cut Another $1 Billion in Funding From Harvard University as School Builds War Chest

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Their moment to take action has now arrived with the second term of US President Donald Trump, which coincides with a precipitous drop in public support for academia caused by an explosion of pro-Hamas demonstrations on campuses and the promotion of views which many Americans perceive as anti-meritocratic, anti-Western, and racist.
48% : Earlier this month, the administration impounded $2.26 billion in Harvard's federal funds over the institution's refusal to agree to a wishlist of policy reforms that Republican lawmakers have long argued will make higher education more meritocratic and less welcoming to anti-Zionists and far-left extremists.
47% : A generous subsidy protects Harvard from paying exorbitant interest on the new debt, as investors can sell most bonds issued by educational institutions without being required to pay federal income tax.
47% : "Harvard and other elite colleges seem to feel that Trump is out to hurt them, but the fact of the matter is that they have refused to be introspective in assessing the quality of the product they produce," Romirowsky explained.
46% : He said that it is best, and cheaper, for Harvard, as well as other Ivy League institutions, to address the campus antisemitism crisis and "wokeness" on terms to which they and Trump can agree.
38% : The move would intensify what has become a fight over the future of elite higher education, against which conservatives have lodged a slew of criticisms for decades.
27% : Christopher Rufo, a conservative author and resident scholar of the Manhattan Institute, said Trump "has every right to withhold funding" due to the university's embrace of the DEI movement and holding of segregated graduation ceremonies.
20% : Others, however, such as pro-Israel activist Shabbos Kestenbaum, expressed more opprobrious views of Harvard, accusing it of "fighting Trump harder than it ever fought antisemitism."

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