Washington (AP) – Trump administration has a cold of $ 108 million Research funding As a Duke University, the federal government accused the school of racial discrimination as a positive action, according to the person familiar with the case.
The National Institute of Health stopped funding to a private university at North Carolina, which on Wednesday spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal ideas. At the beginning of this week, the Department of Health and Human Services and Education Department sent a joint letter to accused Duke to be hired and racial preferences in entry.
Duke is the latest institution that is near it Federal money organized As the government investigates allegations of antismitism and diversity, equity and inclusion policies, the administration says that are illegal. It follows other investigations Harvard, ColumbiaAnd stage,
Duke did not comment immediately.
In Monday’s letter to Duke, HHS leaders and education department accused the university of “Vile racism”. The Duke, its medical school and its health system, reports allegations of racial preferences in its health system, which if confirmed, will “disqualify the Duke for any other financial relations with the federal government.”
The letter accused Duke of recruitment, admission, scholarship, hiring and providing racial priorities in more. This refers to allegations of discrimination without offering specific examples.
“There is a crisis when racism is practiced by individuals, but it is particularly corrosive when lies in the country’s most prestigious and respected institutions,” according to the letter, signed by the Health Secretary, Robert f. Kennedy Junior. And education secretary Linda McMahon,
It is part of a comprehensive campaign to erase Practical Trump is described as administration Discrimination Knar and Asian against American people.
In his letter, agencies order Duke to end any practice in their health system that gives “profit or profit” based on the race.
Saying that Duke is unlikely to be capable of a “honest and reliable review”, the letter takes unusual steps to request a new qualification and the Civil Rights Committee that will be approved by the government and will be authorized by the trusted board of the school. The panel will be tasked to identify and abolish any racial preferences. If problems persist after six months, the administration will chase legal enforcement, stated in the letter.
The Education Department on Monday revealed an inquiry on the allegations in the Duke Law Journal that it benefited the potential editors of underputed groups.
Trump administration has used Federal research fund As a profit in his effort to re -prepare universities, President Donald Trump It is described as a hotband of liberalism. It has presented a crisis for universities that rely on federal grants as a major source of revenue, to take some debt and find other ways Self -proclaimed research,
Duke University spent $ 1.5 billion on research last year, with about 60% coming from federal sources, according to the university website.
Even before the latest funding freeze, Duke faced financial turmoil. Last week, university leaders said that about 600 employees had accepted voluntary procurement, but that retrenchment would still be required. Officials said they need to reduce the cost between uncertainty around federal research funding and a increase for the university’s federal settlement tax.
The Trump administration is pressurizing universities in the hope of striking deals. Columbia University signed Last week. Ivy League School agreed to pay $ 200 million and get access to federal funding, hiring, students discipline and more changes. The administration has described it as a template for other universities HarvardThe administration who is interacting with the administration, even fights the White House in the court.
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Colin Binkle, Associated Press
