Harvard Layoffs Signal Deepening Rift With Trump Administration

Harvard Layoffs Signal Deepening Rift With Trump Administration

Harvard University, the world’s richest and oldest university, has begun layoffs at its School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, citing “enormous financial pressure” stemming from recent federal funding cuts and new taxes imposed under the Trump administration. The decision marks one of the most visible signs yet of the escalating tensions between elite U.S. universities and the federal government over funding, free speech, and political infl…