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Samuel A. Church and Cam N. Srivastava
Harvard Crimson
Excerpt: More than 14,000 students, faculty, alumni, and members of the public signed a letter urging Harvard to reject any deal with the Trump administration that would sacrifice the University’s autonomy.
The letter was sent to University President Alan M. Garber ’76 and the Harvard Corporation, Harvard’s highest governing body, on Wednesday. It warns that a settlement with the Trump administration could have a “chilling effect on the Harvard community and on all of higher education.”
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