Headline Roundup April 22, 2020
Amid Criticism, Harvard Will Ask Education Dept. to Reallocate $8.6M Stimulus Aid
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New York Post (News)
After mounting pressure from President Trump and many others, heavily endowed Harvard University finally caved on Wednesday and said it would return the $8.6 million in coronavirus relief it received from the federal government.
“Harvard will not accept funds from the CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. Like most colleges & universities, Harvard has been allocated funds as part of the CARES Act. Harvard did not apply for this support, nor has it requested, received or accessed the funds,” the school tweeted.
But the Ivy League school — which...
The Boston Globe
After being publicly scolded by President Trump and facing a growing backlash over its access to federal stimulus funds, Harvard University on Wednesday announced that it would not apply for the emergency relief.
Harvard joined two other elite universities, Stanford and Princeton, is opting out of the stimulus money.
In a statement Harvard said it was concerned “that the intense focus by politicians and others on Harvard in connection with this program may undermine participation in a relief effort that Congress created and the President signed into law for the...
WASHINGTON—At least three major universities said they would not accept funds allocated to them under the coronavirus stimulus package after President Trump began pressuring Harvard University over the money, incorrectly suggesting the aid was intended to go to small businesses.
Harvard said Wednesday that it would ask the Department of Education to reallocate the nearly $9 million the institution would have gotten, noting that it had neither applied for the money nor received it. The school had said it would use 100% of those funds as aid to students whose...
