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Lehigh University overrules staff vote to revoke Trump’s degree

President Donald Trump during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, about additional leadership in the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. () AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

By Associated Press

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BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Lehigh University’s board of trustees will not revoke President Donald Trump’s honorary degree after nearly two-thirds of the school’s faculty voted to do so.

The board issued a statement Friday saying it is committed to demonstrating openness to a wide range of views.

A school committee announced Tuesday that about 300 faculty members voted in favor of a motion that said Trump has made statements that contradict the school’s values.

The trustees previously denied a petition to rescind Trump’s honorary degree in October.

The university awarded Trump the degree in 1988.