Harvard University defies Trump’s demands, faces $2.3bn in funding cuts | Education News

The Ivy League school becomes first US university to defy Trump administration’s demands after pro-Palestinian campus protests.

Harvard University has rejected demands from United States President Donald Trump’s administration that would see the university cede control to what it described as a conservative government that portrays universities as dangerously leftist.

Within hours of Harvard taking its stand on Monday, the Trump administration announced it was freezing $2.3bn in federal…