Students protest against pressure tactics on universities

Demonstrations occurred at more than 60 university campuses across the United States on Thursday as students and faculty members denounced recent moves by the Donald Trump administration to base federal funding of higher education upon complying with what they called a "political agenda".

At Harvard University, dozens of protesters assembled at the steps of Widener Library to speak against Trump's freeze of $2.2 billion in federal endowment funds that had been awarded to Harvard programs due to the Ivy League school's refusal to agree to Trump's requirements. These include limits on campus activism, the expulsion of some international students, and an end to DEI admissions and hiring programs.

Rochelle Sun, a Harvard graduate student in education, told The Associated Press that she joined the protest in support of international students.