Harvard President: We Won’t Cow To Trump’s Threats

The Harvard Crimson reports:

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 has told faculty that a deal with the Trump administration is not imminent and denied that the University is considering a $500 million settlement, according to three faculty members familiar with the matter.

The University is seriously considering resolving its dispute with the White House through the courts rather than a negotiated settlement, Garber said, according to the three faculty members.

Harvard and the Trump administration restarted negotiations in June to restore billions of dollars in frozen federal research funding. In recent weeks, the government has reached settlements with several of Harvard’s peers — including Columbia University, which paid more than $200 million in exchange for access to federal funding.

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Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 has denied to faculty that the University is considering a $500 million settlement with the Trump administration, according to three faculty members familiar with the matter.@williamcmao and @VeronicaHPaulus report.https://t.co/CRtlYe1jMx

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