Trump has not finished with universities yet. The administration is preparing more penalties

After the Columbia University has undergone pressure from US President Donald Trump's administration and paid $ 200 million for passive anti -Semitism, the White House plans to impose subsequent penalties to subsequent universities, “Wall Street Journal said.

According to a representative of the White House, which revealed to the journal administration plans, the team of President Trump conducts talks with a number of prestigious universities regarding the payment of you for alleged deficiencies, including allowing anti -Semitism or policy promoting diversity. Among these universities are, among others Other universities from the ivy league, including Cornell and Brown, as well as Northwestern and Duke.

The main goal of the administration, however, is Harvard, from which the White House expects an amount that would overshadow $ 200 million paid by Columbia.

The settlement concluded by Columbia with the government assumes not only the payment, but also the university fulfilled a number of other demands, including the ban on promoting racial minorities, or employing new employees in the areas of Jewish studies, economics and political science in terms of promoting the ideological diversity of their staff. The New York university has undergone a white home to be able to receive government grants for research again.

Harvard, the oldest university in America, which was the goal of a number of penalties from the administration – including suspending the reception of foreign students or collecting money for research – so far he adopted a different attitude, complaining about Trump's administration decisions to court.

The White House, however, counts that the contract with Columbia will determine the model of future state relations with universities. This raises the fears of the university authorities that they will lose their autonomy.

“We are now living in a world where the government can tell all these schools:” Hey, we are serious, you will have to pay a lot to get along with the most powerful organization in the world, which is the federal government, “” said Michael Roth, rector of the Wesleyan University, Connecticut.

From Washington Oskar Górzyński (PAP)

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