President Trump’s Now Fighting With Harvard. Why it Matters.

Let’s talk about what this situation could mean for education institutions across the board.

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I suppose given how his first term went, it should come as no surprise that in the midst of his second stint in office, President Donald Trump-among the many other things he is involved in-has decided that resuming what feels like an all out declaration of war on education would be addedto the list of priorities.

Well, as has been the case with virtually everything else he has gotten his hands on, he wasted no time. This time, Harvard University is at the center of it, and the longstanding implications of what’s going on between the school and administration cannot be understated.

Vimal Patel with The New York Times writes:

“On Monday afternoon, Harvard became the first university to refuse to comply with the administration’s requirements, setting up a showdown between the federal government and the nation’s wealthiest university. By the evening, federal officials said they would freeze $2.2 billion in multiyear grants to Harvard, along with a $60 million contract…

…A letter the Trump administration sent to Harvard on Friday demanded that the university reduce the power of students and…