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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Helen Coster

US colleges criticise Trump ‘political interference’ after Harvard lawsuit

Hundreds of US universities, colleges and scholarly societies have publicly opposed Donald Trump’s “political interference” in higher education in a joint statement published on Tuesday.

The presidents of over 100 institutions co-signed the statement after Harvard University said the Trump administration was threatening its independence, filing a law suit against the government.

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