TE
TechEcho
Home24h TopNewestBestAskShowJobs
GitHubTwitter
Home

TechEcho

A tech news platform built with Next.js, providing global tech news and discussions.

GitHubTwitter

Home

HomeNewestBestAskShowJobs

Resources

HackerNews APIOriginal HackerNewsNext.js

© 2025 TechEcho. All rights reserved.

Trump Threatens Harvard's Tax-Exempt Status After School's Rebuke

30 pointsby petethomasabout 2 months ago

2 comments

cs702about 2 months ago
Genuine question:<p>Should a government be able to revoke the tax-exempt status of a university because the university will not agree to give the government, first, the right to &quot;audit&quot; the viewpoints of students, professors, and administrators, and second, the right to &quot;reduce the power&quot; of certain students, professors, and administrators, targeted because of those viewpoints?<p>The right to &quot;audit&quot; and &quot;reduce the power&quot; of students, professors, and administrators are only two of the government&#x27;s demands. I must confess that it&#x27;s not entirely clear to me what the government means by &quot;audit&quot; and &quot;reduce the power.&quot; Here is the full list of government demands: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.harvard.edu&#x2F;research-funding&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;sites&#x2F;16&#x2F;2025&#x2F;04&#x2F;Letter-Sent-to-Harvard-2025-04-11.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.harvard.edu&#x2F;research-funding&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;...</a><p>Here is the university&#x27;s response: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.harvard.edu&#x2F;president&#x2F;news&#x2F;2025&#x2F;the-promise-of-american-higher-education&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.harvard.edu&#x2F;president&#x2F;news&#x2F;2025&#x2F;the-promise-of-a...</a><p>Judge for yourself.
评论 #43697015 未加载
评论 #43696853 未加载
bediger4000about 2 months ago
This is extraordinarily unamerican.
评论 #43696866 未加载
评论 #43697003 未加载