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‘The University Will Not Surrender’: Harvard Refuses To Bend Knee to Trump Administration, Leaving $9 Billion at Risk

Harvard is breaking with its Ivy League peer, Columbia University, which yielded to the demands of the administration when faced with similar stakes last month.

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Demonstrators gather on Cambridge Common calling on Harvard University to resist what organizers described as attempts by President Trump to influence the institution. Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via AP
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY

Harvard University will refuse to comply with the demands set out by the American government, President Alan Garber announced on Monday, putting $9 billion in federal funding in limbo. 

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NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY

Ms. Zhukovsky studied economics and government at Dartmouth College.

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