US Edition‘Harvard not behaving well’: Donald Trump doubles down on University, says ‘won’t give it any more grants’
- On March 13, 2025, the Trump administration halted $2.2 billion in federally approved grant money to Harvard University, citing concerns over the university’s handling of antisemitism on campus.
- The funding freeze followed demands to end diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and suspend certain research projects, which Harvard refused to accept.
- Harvard, the wealthiest university with a $53 billion endowment, faces criticism for harboring antisemitic incidents amid protests connected to Israel's Gaza war last year.
- Harvard filed a lawsuit on April 21, 2025, challenging the freeze and demanding a hearing scheduled for July 21 regarding the administration’s calls for broad governance and admissions changes.
- This dispute suggests significant consequences for American higher education, highlighting tensions between federal oversight and university autonomy when funding is withheld.
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Commentary: Woke Science Gets a Reality Check as Trump Slams the Funding Door | May 2, 2025
The Trump administration has frozen federal funding to several elite research universities—including Harvard, Columbia, Penn, and Princeton—citing civil rights violations. Many Americans, across ideological lines, recognize that these institutions have been significantly influenced by radical ideologies that have compromised academic freedom, institutional neutrality, and intellectual rigor.
Giving Up Federal Funds Would Do Harvard Good
In January last year, increasingly intrusive government investigations led one of us to argue that Harvard should give up federal funding. The government’s latest actions — and the threat to Harvard’s independence — make this measure more urgent than ever.
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Denver GazetteTrump backs University of Alabama to write American future over Harvard
President Donald Trump suggested red-state schools such as the University of Alabama should forge America’s future over the more liberal and elite Harvard University during Alabama’s commencement on Thursday. Near the end of his address, Trump made clear he wanted…
Harvard doesn’t deserve Trump’s wrath
You would think that if Donald Trump really wanted to make America great again, he might avoid taking steps that could irreparably damage its most famous university, one which has contributed more than any other to the prestige of American science and learning. But he is doing precisely that. His administration has cancelled or frozen more than $3 billion in federal research funding for Harvard University. It has also demanded that the university
Scientists say securing federal grants is worth the grind — Harvard Gazette
Health Worth the grind Karen Emmons studies strategies to reduce cancer risk and Jorge Chavarro conducts research on nutrition and human reproduction.Photos by Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer and via AP; photo illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer May 1, 2025 5 min read Hard work of securing a federal grant pays off for researchers: ‘It means you can do some…
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