Panel: What's at stake in the battle between Harvard, Trump administration?

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  I'm Zhao Ying.

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  Harvard University has sued the Trump administration to halt the freezing of federal grants worth billions of dollars.

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  Harvard President Alan Garber warned that the $2 billion funding freeze would not only impact the university's employees and students,

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  but also hamper critical disease research and harm the wider American public.

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  The U.S. government has accused Harvard of failing to combat anti-Semitism on campus.

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  It has also threatened to revoke the university's tax-exempt status and its ability to enroll international students after Harvard rejected demands for tight government controls over its academic programs.

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  But this isn't just about Harvard.

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  The phoning freeze is part of a broader campaign targeting elite universities nationwide.

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  A new government task force on anti-Semitism has identified at least to universities for review.

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  In a 51-page lawsuit,

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  Harvard accused the administration of violating its First Amendment rights to academic freedom.

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  Does the lawsuit signal a major escalation in a growing conflict between higher education and the Trump administration,

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  and what could be the possible outcomes?

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  For more, we are joined by Wang Haolan,

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  Research Assistant at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis, Edward Lehman,

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  Legal Affairs Commentator and Managing Director of Lehman, Li and Xu Law Firm,

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