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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by jsemrau on Thursday May 22, 2025 @09:06PM (#44068826)
>Harvard and Yale didn't hire the right lobbyists.

I don't think it's as simple as this. To my knowledge, Dr. Sian Leah Beilock handled the protests of the past 2 years much better than their counterparts.

Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by alephnerd on Thursday May 22, 2025 @09:08PM (#44068835)
Oh easily! But the issue is Brian Ballard (their GOP lobbyist) stepped on a lot of feet and pissed people (primarily David Sacks) off, leading him to get metaphorically slapped by the Trump admin.

So they're frozen out from K-Street in the medium term.

On top of that, a couple extremely active and very wealthy alumni have continued to maintain a grudge and have an ear in the admin

And finally, it's an easy anti-establishment win.

Finally, this is specifically a Harvard College thing - the alumni of other schools at Harvard are much less... let's say idealistic.