Trump’s fight with higher education reaches a tipping point with Harvard defiance

Harvard still wants its D.C. sugar daddy

"No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue."

Why can Harvard stand up to Trump? Because it didn't give in to pro-Palestinian student protests

Why can Harvard say no to Trump? Because it defied student protests that, if successful, might have provoked a reduction in its endowment.

Law firms, universities and now civil society groups are in Trump's sights for punitive action

First the nation’s top law firms. Then its premier universities. Now, President Donald Trump is leaning on the advocacy groups that underpin U.S. civil society. Trump said Thursday that the administration is looking at the tax-exempt status not just of Harvard, but environmental groups and specifically the ethics watchdog organization…

Harvard blazes a trail in the fight for American academic freedom

The university that's 153 years older than the U.S. federal government refused to act like other schools and cave to Trump's dictates. It chose free thought over money and set an example for all academia and the private sector

After Harvard became the first American university to resist the Trump administration's demands for radical changes, especially in the area of activism, the US president cut off the elite university's budget, calling it a "bad joke."

T14 Law School's Faculty Shows Biglaw What A Spine Looks Like - Above the Law

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) The list of institutions willing to stand up to a lawless administration is shorter than it should be. But an open letter released by the NYU School of Law faculty offers a moral and professionally ethical guide for dealing with the Trump White House that several Biglaw firms would be well-served to consider. Over 100 NYU Law professors signed the clear-eyed, defiant message: they oppose the federal government…