U.S universities organising against Trump's actions; Harvard University suing the administration

"As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education", declares the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in 'A Call for Constructive Engagement', published on 22/04/2025.

"We must oppose undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live, and work on our campuses. We will always seek effective and fair financial practices, but we must reject the coercive use of public research funding", says the organisation, referencing the ongoing reviews of several American universities by the administration, like Harvard University and Columbia, asked to abide by certain demands to keep federal funding.

"American institutions of higher learning have in common the essential freedom to determine, on academic grounds, whom to admit and what is taught, how, and by whom. Our colleges and universities share a commitment to serve as centres of open inquiry where, in their pursuit of truth, faculty, students…