Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth’s public rejection of President Donald Trump’s mandates for colleges receiving federal funds has been met with praise from others in higher education, Politico reported on Saturday.
Kornbluth’s letter was viewed as a “parting of the clouds,” offering hope to college presidents seeking a way to push back against the Trump administration, which had spent the past year trying to assert control over universities by launching civil rights investigations, freezing millions in federal research funds, and restricting international student enrollment.
Meanwhile, the federal government had spent months in court battling institutions like Harvard University and Columbia University, the latter of which eventually conceding to the administration’s demands.
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