美国政府威胁要禁止哈佛大学招收外国学生。
US Government threatens Harvard with foreign student ban

原始链接: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1egdy24v7po

哈佛大学与特朗普政府陷入僵持。政府以打击反犹太主义为名,要求哈佛大学对其招聘、招生和教学实践进行重大改变。哈佛大学校长盖伯拒绝遵守,称之为试图规范大学“学术环境”的行为,并援引哈佛大学的独立性和宪法权利。 政府回应以升级的威胁,包括冻结22亿美元的联邦资金,以及可能禁止外国学生入学(外国学生占哈佛大学学生总数的27%以上)。此外,特朗普还威胁要撤销哈佛大学的免税资格,此举可能使哈佛大学损失数百万美元。 白宫的行动是大学受到更严格审查的更广泛趋势的一部分,尤其是一些有亲巴勒斯坦抗议活动的大学,政府指责这些大学助长反犹太主义。哥伦比亚大学此前在面临资金削减后,曾对类似的要求让步。虽然哈佛大学已采取一些措施来解决相关担忧,包括解雇其中东研究中心的一些领导人,但它拒绝了政府的全面要求,从而引发了这场不断升级的冲突。

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原文

Harvard President Alan Garber has flatly rejected the White House's sweeping list of demands

The US government has threatened to ban Harvard University from enrolling foreign students - after the institution said it would not bow to demands from President Donald Trump's administration and was hit with a funding freeze.

The White House has demanded the oldest university in the US make changes to hiring, admissions and teaching practices - to help fight antisemitism on campus.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has asked for records on what she called the "illegal and violent" activities of its foreign student visa-holders.

Harvard earlier said it had taken many steps to address antisemitism, and that demands were an effort to regulate the university's "intellectual conditions".

"The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights," Harvard President Alan Garber wrote in a message on Monday to the Harvard community.

The new request from Noem said the institution would lose the "privilege of enrolling foreign students" if it did not comply with the demand for records.

Harvard said it was aware of the new request from Noem, which was made in a letter, the Reuters news agency reported.

International students make up more than 27% of Harvard's enrolment this year. Even before Noem's statement, billions of dollars hung in the balance for the university, after the freeze of some $2.2 bn (£1.7bn) in federal funding.

Trump has also threatened to also remove Harvard's valuable tax exemption, the loss of which could cost Harvard millions of dollars each year. US media reports suggest the Inland Revenue Service (IRS) has started drawing up plans to enact this.

"Harvard can no longer be considered even a decent place of learning, and should not be considered on any list of the World's Great Universities or Colleges," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday.

"Harvard is a JOKE, teaches Hate and Stupidity, and should no longer receive Federal Funds."

The administration's attacks on Harvard are not isolated. The government's antisemitism task force has identified at least 60 universities for review.

During his presidential campaign, Trump pitched a funding crackdown on universities, painting them as hostile to conservatives. He and Vice-President JD Vance have long railed against higher education institutions.

Polling by Gallup last year suggested that confidence in higher education had been falling over time among Americans of all political backgrounds, particularly Republicans - in part due to a belief that universities push a political agenda.

Since taking office, Trump has focused particularly on universities where pro-Palestinian protests have taken place. Some Jewish students have said they felt unsafe and faced harassment on campus.

In March, Columbia University agreed to several of the administration's demands, after $400m in federal funding was pulled over accusations the university failed to fight antisemitism.

These included replacing the official leading its Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies department and pledging to take on a review to "ensure unbiased admission processes".

Harvard too has made concessions - including by dismissing the leaders of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies, who had come under fire for failing to represent Israeli perspectives.

But it has drawn the line at the White House's recent list of demands.

Watch: 'It's not right' - Students react to Trump freezing Harvard's federal funding

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