This is just fine. Let Harvard make it on their own with no help from the federal government. Let them have it their way.
The Boston Globe reports:
Harvard professor union will ‘strongly’ oppose any deal between school and Trump, members sayHarvard’s hundreds of unionized professors are pushing the university not to make any deal with President Trump in its deepening dispute with the White House, and they say they hope to flex their increasing organizing prowess to oppose threats to academic freedom.The work of Harvard’s professor union could be a test for the chapter of the American Association of University Professors, which has seen its membership on campus swell to about 300 this spring as faculty grew concerned about the ousting of Middle Eastern studies leaders and changes to DEI practices. The association has traditionally been more active at public universities, where US labor laws give its members collective bargaining rights they lack at private institutions such as Harvard.Now, with the university in secretive negotiations as it seeks to stave off billions of dollars in federal aid cuts, professors say they’re prepared to do what it takes to protect their academic freedoms.Already, the group is pursuing multiple legal challenges to the Trump administration. Members have held rallies, signed petitions, and published op-eds decrying Trump’s attacks on institutional independence.“I expect that the AAUP and the faculty will react very strongly against any sort of deal, precisely because the independence of the university is vital to everything we do,” said classics professor Richard Thomas, an at-large member of Harvard’s AAUP chapter.Union members say they’re concerned about the university’s approach to its talks with Trump. Though the president has said Harvard has come back to the table in hopes of resolving a months-long dispute, Harvard leadership has not publicly commented, and AAUP members who spoke with the Globe said school administrators have not included the group in any negotiations with the White House.
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