Harvard Hits Back at Education Secretary McMahon, Denying Political Bias
Harvard University fired back at US Education Secretary Linda McMahon, denying her allegation that the school has a partisan political bias and warning that government 'overreach' is threatening key freedoms.
'I must refute your claim that Harvard is a partisan institution,' Alan Garber, the university's president, said Monday in a letter to McMahon. 'It is neither Republican nor Democratic. It is not an arm of any other political party or movement. Nor will it ever be.'
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