Harvard University says it will not be meeting the demands of the Trump administration in order to keep its federal funding, which is currently under review.

Here’s the letter Harvard has sent the Trump administration:

Harvard will not be meeting the demands of the Trump administration:

“The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. Accordingly, Harvard will not accept the government’s terms as an agreement in principle.”

“Harvard remains open to dialogue about what the university has done, and is planning to do, to improve the experience of every member of its community. But Harvard is not prepared to agree to demands that go beyond the lawful authority of this or any administration.”

 
 
The letter the Trump administration sent Harvard asked them to enforce their disciplinary policies against faculty, staff and students and to cease programs and policies that fuel antisemitism. Other demands were to get rid of DEI and to focus on both merit-based admissions and hiring.

There are more, which you can read above, but none of them sound even remotely outrageous. And yet Harvard says they will not comply, claiming this list of demands amounts to them being taken over by the federal government or something.