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Wednesday, the Harvard Kennedy School of Governal dismissed staff after federal financing discounts and tax threats, according to an email from the dean of the school obtained by Fox News Digital.
Without directly mentioning the Trump administration, the dean of the Harvard Kennedy school, Jeremy Mr. Weinstein, announced in an email to teachers and staff that the cuts were in response to “new unprecedented opposites” creating “significant financial challenges”. These include a “proposed substantial increase in the endowment tax” and “massive reductions in federal research funding”.
He also cited the impact on the international registration of students after the administration eliminated the student visa program due to the “pro-terrorist driving” during demonstrations of the Harvard campus. According to Kennedy School, international students represented 59% of the school student body last year and 52% on average in the past five years.
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Cambridge, MA – April 1: Protesters gather outside Harvard University to show their disapproval of the measures taken under the Trump administration. (Brett Phelps / The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
The Kennedy school has been planning budget cuts since February, but the recent actions of the White House seem to have exacerbated the circumstances.
The Trump administration frozen $ 2.2 billion in university funding and threatened to revoke its tax exemption status because of its management of anti -Semitism on campus following the terrorist attacks of October 7 against Israel by Hamas.
The Ministry of Education Working Group to combat anti -Semitism published a statement on May 13, citing recent reports which “exposed the Harvard Law Review’s endemic discrimination model during the assessment of articles for inclusion in its review”.
The results resulted in Trump administration Cut an additional $ 450 million in university grants.
In addition to layoffs, Harvard has implemented “important steps” to reduce costs in the Kennedy school, said Weinstein, such as breaks in hiring and remuneration based on merit, the implementation of a lease on the first floor of an office building, the stop of “non -urgent” from the bottom.
“Unfortunately, these efforts will not be sufficient to meet our current financial challenges,” wrote the dean. “Consequently, we must dismiss certain members of our team and restructure other positions to ensure the long -term financial future of the Kennedy school.”
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The Harvard Kennedy school refused to disclose the number of staff members. They added that they provided budget cuts earlier in the year, but the recent actions of the Trump administration exacerbated the circumstances.
Weinstein said that managers would inform the staff affected by layoffs on Wednesday afternoon.
“It’s an extremely difficult moment, and that we have done everything possible to avoid,” added Weinstein.
“I am really sorry that we need to take this step while we sail unprecedented as a school and university,” wrote Weinstein, while noting that the actions of the administration provoked “an even greater financial uncertainty”.
The Trump administration has announced that it was frozen more than $ 2 billion in grants and contracts after Harvard University said it would not comply with federal demands for anti -Semitism. (Reuters / Nicholas Pfosi)
The Harvard Kennedy school refused to disclose Fox News Digital How many staff have been dismissed.
The Harvard School of Public Health implemented the layoffs in April and other schools also plan to cut the staff, Harvard Crimson reported THURSDAY.
The Trump administration did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Fox News Digital.
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