Harvard bites at Trump over move to freeze $2.2 billion in funding

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : 'That is how we achieve academic excellence, safeguard open inquiry and freedom of speech, and conduct pioneering research.' The American Council on Education, a nonprofit with more than 1,600 member colleges and universities, applauded Harvard.
54% : The university frames the government's demands as a threat not only to the Ivy League school but to the autonomy that the Supreme Court has long granted American universities 'Today, we stand for the values that have made American higher education a beacon for the world,' Garber wrote Monday to the Harvard community.
40% : The following day, Trump took to his Truth Social platform, questioning whether the university should lose its tax-exempt status 'if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting 'Sickness?' The university frames the government's demands as a threat not only to the Ivy League school but to the autonomy that the Supreme Court has long granted American universities.
36% : 'We stand for the truth that colleges and universities across the country can embrace and honor their legal obligations and best fulfill their essential role in society without improper government intrusion,' he wrote.
21% : President Trump halted funding after the storied institution vowed to defy his administration's demands to limit student activism on campus.

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