NEW: Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences announces pay freeze through 2025-26 academic year as well as "pausing all non-essential capital projects and spending" to conserve resources for lengthy legal battle.
Apr 25, 2025 00:01Pure theatrics.
Harvard is flush with cash beyond any need for “belt tightening”.
Trump wins even when he loses - pay freezes will make Harvard's pay less competitive, ensuring they cannot attract the same grade of researchers. It also harms the professors, which is another policy preference of Trump's.
It’s a shame they have to do that to fight this madness.
