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Harvard Professors Try Blocking Audit Into Billions in Government Grants
« on: April 19, 2025, 11:46:39 am »
Harvard Professors Try Blocking Audit Into Billions in Government Grants
1 Comment / By Drew Berquist / April 14, 2025
 
Professors at Harvard University have filed a lawsuit aimed at halting a federal review of nearly $9 billion in government grants and contracts awarded to the school, as the Trump administration investigates antisemitism on college campuses.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in Boston, claims that the administration’s audit threatens academic freedom and free speech.

It was brought by the Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the national organization.

The legal challenge comes amid a broader federal effort to investigate antisemitic incidents and rhetoric on college campuses, including those at elite universities.

https://wokespy.com/harvard-professors-try-blocking-audit-into-billions-in-government-grants/
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Re: Harvard Professors Try Blocking Audit Into Billions in Government Grants
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2025, 11:52:40 am »
Quote from: rangerrebew on April 19, 2025, 11:46:39 am
  the administration’s audit threatens academic freedom and free speech.

Academic freedom and free speech do not include university financed anti-semitism, at least for rightists.  The courts may well find they are legal for leftists. :judge:
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Re: Harvard Professors Try Blocking Audit Into Billions in Government Grants
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2025, 01:48:51 pm »
It's taxpayer money, it's squelching our freedom of speech to know how it's being spent.
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Re: Harvard Professors Try Blocking Audit Into Billions in Government Grants
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2025, 03:04:48 pm »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on April 19, 2025, 01:48:51 pm
It's taxpayer money, it's squelching our freedom of speech to know how it's being spent.
Yep, if the university wishes to have government money handed to them, then they have no rights to block an audit.

IRS needs to immediately remove its tax-protected status.
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Re: Harvard Professors Try Blocking Audit Into Billions in Government Grants
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2025, 03:34:12 pm »
Quote from: rangerrebew on April 19, 2025, 11:46:39 am
The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in Boston, claims that the administration’s audit threatens academic freedom and free speech.

One can have academic freedom and free speech without $9 billion in grant money.  The audit is tied to the grant money, not academic freedom and free speech.

Forget the audit.  Just cut off the funding.
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