All articles tagged with #academic independence
Former Harvard President Claudine Gay publicly criticizes Harvard's perceived compliance with White House demands, condemning recent program cuts, donor influence, and political pressures, and urges the university to resist political and donor interference to maintain academic integrity.
Brown University has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to restore its funding, emphasizing the preservation of its academic independence amid ongoing antisemitism investigations affecting multiple institutions, including Harvard, Yale, and Columbia. Unlike Columbia, Brown's deal does not involve payments or fines, and the university was facing financial uncertainties.
Columbia University capitulated to the Trump administration's demands by making concessions and paying a $200 million fine to restore federal research funding, marking a significant erosion of academic independence and exemplifying how institutions are increasingly capitulating to political pressure and extortion, with broader implications for higher education and institutional integrity in the US.