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We are the advocacy chapter of the American Association of University Professors at The University of Tampa. Please follow for important information and updates related to our chapter and campus. www.utaaup.org

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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 3h
Several members of UTampa AAUP went to watch the First They Came For My College Documentary at the Sun Ray Cinema this afternoon, and were able to experience a panel of those who played a vital role in the documentary. We strongly encourage other chapters/schools to request a showing in your area!
UTampa AAUP members pose for a photo in front of the theater. Panelists following the documentary UTampa AAUP members had the chance to ask panelists questions. AAUP button
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 28/09/2026
2 Years After Encampments, Colleges Revisit Protest Policies Several colleges are re-evaluating their time, place and manner restrictions on student expression this fall, with some relaxing their rules while others seek to tighten them. bit.ly/4hx8Xxu #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Students hold up signs, one saying "End the Occupation." One speaks into a microphone.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 25/09/2026
“What we need is everyone w/ a stake in higher education, students, parents, administrators, to go on the record & publicly say these proposed rules are going to be catastrophic for higher ed. They shouldn’t be implemented. Encourage your administration to make a public statement.” — Katie Rainwater
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Regulating Academic Freedom
A conversation with AAUP’s Katie Rainwater on proposed federal rules to restrict and redefine university research and teaching.
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United Academics of the University of Oregon, AAUP-AFT 3209 @uauoregon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Make no mistake: Just like the Trump administration's first failed higher ed compact, Compact 2.0 once again asks colleges and universities to align themselves with a far-right agenda at the expense of students’ education and the public’s well-being. www.aft.org/press-releas...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 21/09/2026
"The administration describes the effort as a long-overdue challenge to an entrenched accreditation establishment. Critics see something different...the AAUP argues the proposal invites greater political influence over accreditation." #academicsky
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The Accreditation Fight Over Who Controls Higher Education
Trump’s accreditation overhaul could reshape college accountability, academic freedom and federal power—and students have a major stake in the outcome.
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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Don’t forget!!! #UTampa #AAUP supporters, let’s make time to go and see First They Came For My College this weekend, playing Friday and Saturday at the Green Light Theater!
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AAUP @aaup.org · 16/09/2026
New AAUP Statement: Higher Ed must “refuse to comply” with the latest Trump admin demands in Compact 2.0. 👇👇👇 www.aaup.org/news/faculty... #academicsky
"Faculty members, staff, students, and administrators must remain clear-eyed about the need to refuse to comply"
- "Why Academic Freedom Matters Now," statement on Trump's Compact 2.0 by the AAUP's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure
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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#UTampa #AAUP supporters—join us for our first big event of the academic year! We’re going to watch the documentary First They Came For My College, which documents events at New College. Documentary opens 9/18 with Q&A with the filmmakers, and runs 9/19 too!
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Tampa Bay Times @tampabaytimes.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Police seek help to find 2 missing USF doctoral students
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Police seek help to find 2 missing USF doctoral students
Zamil Limon and Nahida S. Bristy, both 27, were last seen Thursday.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 21/04/2026
Students & higher ed workers are rising up on May Day! Join higher ed workers for a mass call on Wed, April 22 at 8pm ET to learn how students & higher ed workers are organizing for freedom, affordability & safety across the country this May Day. Bernie Sanders will join & speak in solidarity!
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May Day Strong: Students and Workers Rise Up on May Day · Sunrise Movement
Students and workers are rising up on May Day! Join us for a MASS CALL to hear how students and workers are organizing for freedom, affordability, and safety all across the country. Get the tools you...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 20/04/2026
Make college affordable. Fund research. Protect faculty's right to teach and students' right to learn. Expand workers' rights. These are core pillars of AAUP and AFT's national policy platform, the Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education. @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social
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AAUP @aaup.org · 13/04/2026
The Trump admin’s rewriting of rules governing college accreditation “obliterates” autonomy & is is being described as “a cluster bomb being dropped on American higher education.”
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Experts: New Accreditation Rules Threaten Academic Freedom
The draft proposals, up for discussion this week, could change how accreditors oversee colleges and what they measure, but some say they violate existing federal law.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 01/03/2026
Congrats to @ncaaup.bsky.social & all who fought against this surveillance policy that would've allowed admin to hijack microphones in the classroom for secret recordings. This move would've chilled classroom discussion & suppressed students' willingness to ask questions & take intellectual risks.
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UNC-CH Will ‘Scrap’ New Recording Policy, Chancellor Says
The move comes less than three weeks after the controversial rules were enacted.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 16/02/2026
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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Mark your calendars! Please join UTampa AAUP for February’s Third Thursday (next week) on 2/19. We’ll be meeting at Four Green Fields Riverwalk. Stop by between 4-6pm for a beverage and some camaraderie!
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BSUAAUP @bsuaaup.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
@aaup.org , @aft.org and others are sponsoring a mass call on Sunday about strategies to pressure our schools to stop investing in partners that fund ICE and the DHS. Join the call this Sunday at 7 PM. Register using the link: www.mobilize.us/aft/event/89...
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Schools: Drop ICE Mass Call · AFT
We will cut off ICE’s corporate enablers — starting on our campuses. ICE isn’t invincible. Donald Trump’s deportation machine doesn’t run on willpower—it runs on contracts. ICE depends on private cor...
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Andrea Leverentz @amlevere.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
"We do not accept a system in which personnel decisions affecting people’s careers and livelihoods are made at the direction of online vigilantes and so-called journalists, whose methods would not be taught in our university or allowed at our university publications."
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AAUP @aaup.org · 11/02/2026
“I don’t know of any faculty member at UNC that has any faith that the provost, human resources officer, or especially the university lawyers have the faculty interests anywhere in mind when they’re making these decisions.” —Michael Palm, @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social President
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UNC-Chapel Hill Sets New Policy on Recording Professors
UNC-Chapel Hill aims to clarify guidelines after a secret recording controversy involving Larry Chavis and growing fear of surveillance.
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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
In this piece, UTampa faculty discuss how the challenges we are facing in higher ed today, we have faced before… www.ocregister.com/2026/01/25/g...
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Governing at gunpoint: ICE in Minneapolis
Minneapolis is reeling as masked, heavily armed ICE agents flood immigrant neighborhoods, pulling people from cars, entering homes, and clashing with protesters and observers.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 09/01/2026
“Plato does not agree with the narrative that there are two biological sexes and that everyone should be heterosexual. So it is controversial. But that's the whole point of including him in the syllabus.” — Martin Peterson, Texas A&M @texasaaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org @tamu-aaup.bsky.social
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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
A petition is circulating to defend OU graduate instructor Mel Curth. You can read the letter to OU’s President and sign the petition here: actionnetwork.org/forms/defend...
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Defend OU Instructors and Academic Freedom
Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members, The University of Oklahoma made national headlines this month after a routine grading dispute erupted into public controversy, leading OU to ...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 18/12/2025
“OU’s decision to place an instructor on administrative leave following a routine grading dispute—& subsequent failure to defend her from harassment & discrimination…raises serious concerns about the University’s commitment to educational standards, academic freedom, & instructor safety.”
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Faculty Want Answers on Oklahoma’s Suspension Policies
After a graduate teaching assistant was put on administrative leave following a grading dispute with a student that went viral, faculty at the University of Oklahoma are asking leaders to better prote...
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
This is one of the most important documents produced this year. At a time when many of our professional organizations are punting, @aaup.org has been leading on EdTech, AI, academic freedom & faculty governance. I'm humbled to be joining the team that authored this report.
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Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions
Educational technology, or ed-tech, including artificial intelligence (AI), continues to become more integrated into teaching and research in higher education, with minimal oversight. The AAUP’s ad ho...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 11/12/2025
The AAUP chapter at Oklahoma University released a statement demanding that the President and Board of Regents defend Mel Curth, the instructor put on administrative leave after the viral fallout for failing Samantha Fulnecke’s essay, from death threats and targeted harassment.
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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🚨The “American Higher Education Restoration Act” would carve out a special pathway to tenure for faculty who teach “American Constitutionalism + Western Civilization,” increase the teaching loads for faculty who work in non-STEM disciplines…+ impose new governing board control over hiring. 👇
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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
“The key to America’s economic growth is research and development. Removing or barring top researchers from the country would transfer that talent (and the research and development) to other countries.“ Thanks to our UTampa colleagues, Drs. Coon and Hall! www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/12/01/c...
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Commentary: Block the governor’s plan to dumb down Florida universities
Ron DeSantis says he wants to “pull the plug” on H1-B visas, which allow immigrants with specialized knowledge to enter the country. This would do major harm to university faculty&#8217…
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AAUP @aaup.org · 24/11/2025
Subscribe to "Academic Freedom on the Line," the Substack of the AAUP's Center for the Defense of Freedom, to receive newsletters and and regular analysis from experts on academic freedom! The most recent newsletter covers the University of Texas system's fight against the compact👇
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UT Must Not Trade Academic Freedom For Political Favor
A guest column from UT faculty member John Hoberman
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Fordham AAUP @fordhamaaup.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
“Higher education is a public good. It’s good for democracy, it’s good for the economy. And so it’s worse for all of us if it gets controlled one way or the other from the outside”
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AAUP Protests Against Trump Admin’s Higher Ed Compact
Fordham faculty and students attend a protest against Marc Rowan and the Compact for Excellence in Higher Education.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 22/10/2025
🔥 WashU in STL rejects Trump’s loyalty oath compact! 🔥 The resistance cannot be stopped! AAUP chapters and organized higher ed workers across the nation are unified in spearheading this fight—let’s keep it up!
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AAUP @aaup.org · 18/10/2025
Scenes from Tampa, Florida today. #nokings @utaaup.bsky.social
Tampa No Kings Trump on a toilet a giant phone with the words “Nobel prize was rigged just like everything under Crook Joe and the radical left lunatics! I won in a landslide. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”Lady wearing a shirt that reads “I AM AUNT TIFA”Tampa No Kings
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AAUP @aaup.org · 16/10/2025
Join AAUP's National Teach-In on Trump's Loyalty Oaths! Tomorrow, Oct 17pm at 2pmET on Zoom. Be there! Register at link below👇 #AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: National Teach-In on Loyalty Oaths. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Trump administration has imposed unprecedented and highly politicized regulations on institutions of higher education, pressured them with coercive funding threats, extorted promises to fall in li...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 17/10/2025
Reject the ongoing censorship of student media on our campuses! “Administrative efforts to subordinate campus journalism to public relations are inconsistent with the mission of higher education to provide a space of intellectual exploration and debate” —Hank Reichman, in a new Academe Blog post
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“Instead, … They Fired a Faculty Member:” In Defense of Student Media
BY HANK REICHMAN The other day I had occasion to speak with a leader of the AAUP chapter at Columbia University, my alma mater.  I mentioned to him how useful and impressive I have found the covera…
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 13/10/2025
ICYMI | MIT has rejected the Trump administration’s proposal to sign on to the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which would mandate sweeping changes across campus in exchange for preferential treatment on federal funding. bit.ly/3KO0g5l
MIT President Sally Kornbluth next to a shot of the campus and text of an open letter to the government on the education compact proposed by President Donald Trump. In black text the kicker Governance, the headline MIT Rejects Proposed Federal Compact, and the sub-headline MIT is the first institution to reject a proposal by the Trump administration that would trade preferential treatment on federal funding for far-reaching changes. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images | Nate Hovee/iStock/Getty Images | MITThe quote “In our view, America’s leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.” —  Sally Kornbluth, MIT president, in a letter to the campus community Friday.
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Isaac Kamola @isaackamola.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Great piece @insidehighered.com by Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg about the considerable threats posed by Trump's (extortion) "compact" with 9 universities. @aaup.org www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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A Compact for Control (opinion)
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 19/09/2025
With Doxing On the Rise, Here Are 7 Tips to Stay Safe Online Experts offer solutions to prevent doxing and advice about how to respond and keep yourself safe if it happens to you. bit.ly/47KLTrY #AcaemicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd
A student looking at a cellphone with a bunch of fists flying out of it.
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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Just a little #throwback, thinking about our joint #solidarity event on Monday!
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AAUP @aaup.org · 04/09/2025
Here’s a 🧵 on key points in Judge Burroughs’ order in the AAUP/Harvard AAUP’s lawsuit against Trump’s DOJ for ideological funding cuts at Harvard: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 01/09/2025
We Out Here! AAUP & @aft.org members from coast to coast are out in the streets this #LaborDay standing on business & raising the voices of higher ed workers as we continue to resist an unprecedented wave of attacks. Join Us! #DefendHigherEd ✊🏼✊🏾✊🏻✊🏿✊🏽
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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Just a few images from our #solidarity event this #LaborDay!
Image of a crowd of people sitting on a beach in blue shirts.Image taken from a drone overhead, showing people lined up on the beach, spelling out the words, unite and rise
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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Let’s make this #LaborDay a day of action and #solidarity! Learn more at maydaystrong.org #StrongerTogether #WorkersOverBillionaires
GIF shows a collection of hands in multiple colors coming together, surrounded by the words teamwork makes the dream work
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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Welcome back to school, UTampa #AAUP members! To start the semester off strong, please consider joining us at the #AFT Labor Day event on Sept. 1 in St. Pete. You can find more info and register at the linked site! www.mobilize.us/aft/event/82...
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St. Petersburg, FL #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day · AFT
On Labor Day, September 1st, we will continue the movement we launched together on May 1st, standing in solidarity with all our communities under attack and fighting for real wins for all our people. ...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 06/05/2025
The Monday letter took an explicitly ideological tone, writing that Harvard had benefited from the American 'free-market system you teach your students to despise.' McMahon also blasted Harvard for its association with prominent Democrats...
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U.S. Government Will Cease Grants to Harvard, McMahon Says | News | The Harvard Crimson
The United States government will no longer award grants to Harvard, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced in a letter to University President Alan M. Garber ’76 on Monday.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 29/04/2025
We see you Kennesaw State University Faculty Senate! 1st in the South to pass a resolution establishing a mutual defense compact w/ other institutions. "Whereas, Faculty members must organize to effectively counter political attacks on higher education & defend #academicfreedom..." #defendhighered
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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards. It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
Graphic of Washington Post poll from April 18-22, 2025, showing "Majorities of Americans oppose various Trump proposals"

highlighting two lines in particular:
"Increasing the Federal Government's role in how private universities operate" - 28 percent support, 70 percent oppose
"Reducing federal funding for medical research" - 21 percent support, 77 percent oppose
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AAUP @aaup.org · 24/04/2025
Trump’s executive order on accreditation is yet another attempt to dictate what is taught, learned, & said by college instructors & students. Threats to remove accreditors are transparent attempts to consolidate power in the hands of the administration in order to stifle teaching & research. 🧵
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EO on Accreditation Opens the Door for Rampant Corruption and Political Interference
President Donald Trump’s executive order on accreditation is yet another attempt to dictate what is taught, learned, said and done by college students and instructors. Threats to remove accreditors fr...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 24/04/2025
💥BOOM💥 “The preservation of one institution’s integrity is the concern of all, and an infringement against one member university of the Big Ten shall be considered an infringement against all.”
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University of Tampa AAUP @utaaup.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
As we ramp up our UTampa chapter member recruitment efforts, we want to point out what the #AAUP can do for faculty at UTampa and across the nation! Here’s a short list of things the AAUP does—
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21/04/2025
BREAKING: Harvard sues the Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants.
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Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants
Harvard University has announced that it's suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.
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