.png)
Community Discussion - Academic Freedom, Institutional Neutrality and Universities' Fight
Wed, Apr 23
|Building 200, Room 107
Join SPU this Wednesday April 23rd at 8PM to share your thoughts on these emerging developments at our third discussion of Spring Quarter.
Time & Location
Apr 23, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Building 200, Room 107, 450 Jane Stanford Way Bldg 200, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
About the event
Last week, Harvard University resoundingly rejected and condemned the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programs, limit student protests, and submit to far-reaching federal audits in exchange for its federal funding. This move, a stark contrast to Columbia’s response last month, prompted the Trump administration to immediately freeze over $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard.
Stanford President Jon Levin and Provost Jenny Martinez have since released a statement in support of Harvard, characterizing its response as “rooted in the American tradition of liberty, a tradition essential to our country’s universities, and worth defending.”
Join the Stanford Political Union this Wednesday, April 23rd at 8pm in 200-107 to discuss how these developments implicate academic freedom, institutional neutrality, and the future of American universities.