More than 100 US university presidents, including from Harvard, Princeton and Brown, have issued a letter attacking Donald Trump’s administration for what they claim is political interference.
This reaction follows the suspension of over $2.2 billion in research funding to Harvard after it refused to comply with conditions tied to diversity programmes, antisemitism concerns and admissions reform.
The universities are portraying basic oversight as authoritarianism, despite repeated calls to uphold free speech and end ideological bias.
Critics argue these institutions are more interested in preserving woke orthodoxy than accepting responsibility for how they use public money and shape young minds.
