Harvard Kennedy School staff laid off after major federal funding cuts
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According to an e -mail from the school dean obtained by Fox News Digital, Harvard Kennedy Government School will dismiss the staff on Wednesday after federal financing deductions and donation tax threats.
Without mentioning the Trump administration directly, Harvard Kennedy school Dean Jeremy M. Weinstein announced to the faculty and staff that he responded to a e -mail, unseen new winds “. These include “important increase in the foundation tax” and “great interruptions in the federal financing of the research”.
In addition, Harvard’s campus protests, “pro -terrorist behavior” due to the management of the student visa program after eliminating the impact of international student registration, he said. According to the Kennedy School, international students made 59 percent of the school’s student body and 52 percent in the last five years.
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Kennedy school has been planning budget cuts since February, but the White House’s latest actions seem to have worsened the conditions.
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In addition to layoffs, Harvard applied “important steps” to reduce the costs at the Kennedy School, Weinstein said pause in the recruitment and merit -based wage, ending a leasing on the first floor of an office building, stopping “non -emergency” construction and renovation projects and “reducing expenditures in each core department”.
“Unfortunately, these efforts will not be enough to address our current financial difficulties.” “As a result, we need to leave some members of our team and restructure other positions to ensure the long -term financial future of the Kennedy School.”
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Harvard Kennedy School refused to explain how many staff were dismissed. He added that they planned budget cuts at the beginning of the year, but that the Trump administration’s last actions worsened the conditions.
Weinstein said that managers would inform the personnel affected by the layoffs on Wednesday afternoon.
“This is an extremely difficult moment and a moment we do everything possible to avoid.”
Weinstein, the actions of the administration caused “greater financial uncertainty” said Weinstein, “As a school and university as a wife in unprecedented difficulties, I am really sorry to take this step.”
The Trump administration announced that it would not comply with the federal demands related to anti -Semitism at the University of Harvard, and announced that it froze over $ 2 billion in grants and contract. (Reuters/Nicholas Pfosi)
The Harvard Kennedy School refused to explain how many staff were dismissed to Fox News Digital.
The Harvard Public Health School made layoffs that were dismissed in April and other schools are considering cutting the staff, Harvard Crimson reported Thursday.
The Trump management did not respond immediately to Fox News Digital’s request.
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