Washington, Apr 15 (UNI) The Trump administration on Monday announced a freeze on 2.2 billion US dollars in multi-year grants and a 60 million contract to Harvard University, hours after the university rejected a list of demands from the federal government.
Earlier in the day, Harvard refused to comply with the administration's demands to make sweeping changes to the univeristy's governance, hiring and admissions practices, noting that it will not "negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights."
"We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement," Harvard University President Alan M Garber wrote in a letter to members of the Harvard Community. "The administration's prescription goes beyond the power of the federal government."