Dani Rodrik and Archon Fung Among 80 Harvard Faculty Members Who Pledge To Support Harvard's Fight Against Trump

Dani Rodrik, a Faculty Associate at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, and Archon Fung, a member of the Center's Faculty Committee, are among more than 80 Harvard faculty members who pledged to donate ten percent of their salaries for up to a year. The initiative is intended to support the University in its resistance against the Trump administration's attempts to freeze billions in federal funding.

In a Harvard Crimson article authored by staff writers William C. Mao and Veronica H. Paulus, Harvard Kennedy School professor Dani Rodrik emphasized the faculty's shared responsibility in this moment of crisis: "If we as a faculty are asking the University administration to resist the Trump administration’s attacks on academic freedom, we should also be willing to share in the financial sacrifice that will be necessary."

A Boston Globe article written by Tonya Alanez underscores the growing concern among Harvard faculty regarding academic freedom and the unequal impact of Trump's actions across University affiliates. In a letter addressed to University President Alan M. Garber, faculty members wrote that their collective financial pledge "signals [their] commitment as faculty members to use means at [their] disposal to protect the university and, especially, staff and students who do not have the same protections."