Columbia tried to negotiate with the Trump administration. Here’s what Harvard can learn from its efforts. — 12:03 a.m.
There are few recent precedents for Harvard to look to as it faces off against President Trump in a dispute cast as a turning point for academic freedom. There is one example, however, of what Harvard may be hoping to avoid.
Columbia University remains under intense federal scrutiny after isolating itself among its peers with policy shifts designed to restore $400 million in revoked federal funding.
The New York City university made new rules governing student discipline and protests, brought in officials to oversee programs the president targeted, and pledged to expand the “intellectual diversity” of faculty. Many in academia condemned those actions, seen as capitulation to a government they consider hostile to the principles of their fields.
