Universities Protest Rules Imposed by 2 Foundations

Nine major universities have asked the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations to change the antiterrorism language the funds added this year to their standard grant agreements, saying the additions are unclear and would infringe on their academic freedom.

The grant makers, both in New York, added the language in January to help prevent their money from being used to support terrorist activities, an issue the U.S. Treasury Department has raised in its investigation of terrorist

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