Harvard president decries 'unlawful' Trump actions in letter to McMahon

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Source: The Hill

05/12/25 1:53 PM ET


Harvard President Alan Garber sent a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Monday decrying the actions of the Trump administration against his school but stressing areas of concern shared by both sides.

“We share common ground on a number of critical issues, including the importance of ending antisemitism and other bigotry on campus,” Garber said in his letter, adding Harvard “should embrace a multiplicity of viewpoints rather than focusing our attention on narrow orthodoxies.”

But these goals are “undermined and threatened by the federal government’s overreach into the constitutional freedoms of private universities and its continuing disregard of Harvard’s compliance with the law,” he added.

Garber’s letter is in response to one from the Education secretary last week telling Harvard it is no longer eligible for new federal research grants.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5295885-harvard-president-trump-mcmahon/

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Link to Harvard Crimson ARTICLE - Garber Condemns Federal Grant Disqualification but Says Harvard Shares ‘Common Ground’ With McMahon

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1. Thank You BumRushDaShow

This is important-subject-matter to keep front-and-center for all of us (!!!).

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2. Most welcome!

Was trying to find a copy of the letter but haven't been able to so far...

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3. The Letter (Possibly)

The item below may be the 'letter' from Harvard University Office of the President (?):

From Harvard Magazine

From Harvard University (Office of the President)

"Garber’s response came one week later, in a letter addressed to McMahon and released to the public on Harvard’s website."

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4. Thanks!

They hadn't uploaded it anywhere yet at the time I had done the OP (but I figured it would eventually happen later)!