Episode 175: Defending Academic Freedom

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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