Episode 175: Defending Academic Freedom
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In recent weeks, the Trump Administration has escalated intimidation efforts against Harvard University and other private colleges, by canceling billions in federal funding and threatening to revoke tax-exempt status unless the schools make major changes to their hiring and teaching practices. Andrew Manuel Crespo joins Taongal Leslie to discuss the legal strategies behind the administration's attacks on higher education and how the academy can defend its independence.
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Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program, ACS
Guest: Andrew Manuel Crespo, Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law at Harvard University and General Counsel of AAUP-Harvard Faculty Chapter
Link: Complaint, AAUP-Harvard v. United States Dept. of Justice
Link: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network
Link: ACS National Convention Series
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