Nearly 100 senior faculty members at Harvard University have pledged to take a pay cut to support the institution's legal battle against the federal government's funding freeze. The Trump administration has halted over $2 billion in funds, threatening to revoke the university's tax-exempt status and restrict international student enrollment. In response, Harvard has filed a lawsuit and faculty have committed to a 10% pay reduction to help mitigate financial impacts on more vulnerable students and staff. Harvard's president insists that revoking tax status is illegal and detrimental to its mission.
In their pledge, 89 senior faculty signatories said they would take a 10 percent pay cut for up to a year to protect the institution.
Harvard president Alan Garber said taking away the institution's nonprofit tax exemption would be "highly illegal" and that its mission to educate and research would be "severely impaired".
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