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Frederick Hess
‘We cannot support this’ – MIT president draws line on Trump’s funding proposal
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has rejected a White House initiative that ties future federal funding to universities’ acceptance of President Donald Trump’s political priorities. President Sally Kornbluth said in a letter Friday that MIT “cannot support” the proposal, which she argued threatens both academic freedom and the independence of scientific research. The White…
