Harvard, Yale, Columbia Fall in Line After Funding Threats
Pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University last year.
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It’s been less than two months since President Donald Trump assumed office and released a torrent of orders targeting elite higher education, and universities are already making clear they’re shifting course.
Harvard University terminated a librarian this month who ripped down a poster of Israeli hostages at a pro-Palestine rally, while Yale University’s law school placed a pro-Palestinian research scholar on leave over allegations that she has ties to a group subject to US sanctions.