Harvard Alumni Group Urges School Not to Cave to Trump's Demands
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Photographer: Sophie Park/BloombergA group of Harvard University alumni urged the school not to cave to the Trump administration’s demands as it restarts talks with the White House.
President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration had been holding talks with Harvard and may announce a “‘mindbogglingly’ HISTORIC” deal over the next week. Any detente must not come at the expense of Harvard’s academic freedom and institutional autonomy, said Crimson Courage, a grassroots campaign organized by alumni to rally goodwill and money for the university in its battle with Trump.