18 colleges seek to support Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration — from highereddive.com by Laura Spitalniak
In a court filing Friday, the colleges argued that the elimination of Harvard’s federal funding “negatively impacts the entire ecosystem.”
Dive Brief:
- Eighteen research colleges are seeking to formally support Harvard University’s legal challenge against the Trump administration for cutting or freezing roughly $2.8 billion of the institution’s grants and contracts.
- In a legal filing Friday, the colleges asked a U.S. District Court for permission to file an amicus brief in support of the Ivy League institution, even though the lawsuit only addresses the federal cuts facing Harvard.
- “Academic research is an interconnected enterprise,” the filing argued. “The elimination of funding at Harvard negatively impacts the entire ecosystem.”