Trump Admin Freezes $2B In Funding For Harvard

April 15, 2025 Education, Trump Administration

The Washington Post reports:

Harvard University officials on Monday rejected Trump administration demands that the school yield to extensive government oversight and make sweeping changes to governance, admissions and hiring practices, calling the directives unlawful and unconstitutional. The administration responded Monday night by saying it would freeze more than $2 billion in federal funding to the Ivy League school.

The government’s demands, received by Harvard on Friday after the administration had previously announced a review of nearly $9 billion in federal funding to Harvard, are part of the administration’s crackdown on what it calls rampant antisemitism and leftist ideology on college campuses.

Harvard will continue to work to combat antisemitism and “remains open to dialogue about what the university has done, and is planning to do, to improve the experience of every member of its community,” two attorneys representing the school wrote in a letter Monday, but the school “is not prepared to agree to demands that go beyond the lawful authority of this or any administration.”

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