Dozens of Harvard professors promise temporary salary cuts to support schools Fight against the Trump administration Move to freeze billions of dollars of federal funds.
So far, 84 senior faculty members have pledged to donate 10% of their salary this year, organisers said in a statement, “as our contribution to the university’s financial resources, while legally attacking these attacks.” Government professor Ryan Enos said the commitment totaled up to $2.5 million.
Jeffrey Flier, a professor of physiology and medicine at Harvard Medical School, signed the work, saying tenured teachers are the best place to support Harvard “in this time of crisis.”
"This shows that our commitment as faculty can use means to protect the university, especially employees and students who do not have the same protection," the organizers wrote in the oath.
Harvard filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration last week $2.2 billion was frozen In federal funds, it was subsequently stated that it intends to suspend another $1 billion in grants. President Trump also suggested that Ivy League schools in Cambridge, Massachusetts should Losing tax-free status.
“We are excited for the university to reject illegal demands from the Trump administration,” the faculty said in the commitment. “We also recognize that universities now face serious financial losses for defending academic freedom.”
The Trump administration has previously said it is reviewing grants and contracts with Harvard University amid investigation into the allegations. Anti-Semitic Events On campus. Then, if the school wants federal funding to continue, it also gives Harvard a letter asking for leadership reforms, and ends diversity, equity and inclusion policies, among other changes.
"Grape trains for federal aid to agencies like Harvard that enrich their severely paid bureaucrats with taxes from struggling American families," the Trump administration said last week.
Harvard President Alan Garber said the cuts would have "significant real-life consequences" as the money schools get from the federal government is used for medical and scientific research.
"Universities will not give up independence or give up their constitutional rights," Garber said.