A new Epoch Times poll explores readers’ views on the standoff between Harvard University and the Trump administration after the institution declined to comply with a list of conditions for addressing campus anti-Semitism and ending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
After the White House froze $2.2 billion in research funding and threatened another $1 billion, Harvard fired back with a lawsuit—triggering what President Donald Trump has characterized as a necessary showdown with an elite institution that has become too politicized.
Trump has said funding will only resume if Harvard eliminates DEI programs, enacts a campus-wide ban on masks, implements merit-based standards for admissions and hiring, and takes concrete steps to combat anti-Semitism—conditions outlined in a formal letter from federal agencies earlier this month….