As Trump Attacks Columbia and Harvard, Future Talent Suffers
- In late May 2025, Harvard University Health Services indefinitely delayed a panel on LGBTQ+ healthcare, while Harvard Athletics took down its policy supporting transgender athlete inclusion following political pressure.
- These actions followed the Trump administration's broad campaign targeting transgender rights, including NCAA bans on transgender athletes and removal of Title IX protections last month.
- Harvard faces federal funding threats, ongoing lawsuits over transgender athlete policies, and visa restrictions impacting international students amid intense political assaults.
- The university receives about $686 million in federal funding, has not joined the lawsuit against NIH funding caps that 13 universities filed, and uses creative compliance to preserve protections.
- These challenges risk Harvard's support for vulnerable students and international enrollment, while global institutions offer transfer options for students affected by the instability.
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Harvard Hits Rock Bottom
They say the first step in addiction recovery is admitting a problem—but typically only after the patient reaches rock bottom. Relations between Harvard and the Trump administration have hit rock bottom over Harvard’s addictions to the liberal bubble of woke ideology; to marginalizing conservative students, speakers, and professors; and to its appeasement of antisemitism. Harvard President Alan Garber finally admits that lack of conservative vi…
Tax Exemptions and Presidential Fiat: The Sequel
In a May 14 blog post, I noted that President Donald Trump’s social media posts threatening to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status by presidential fiat violated the rule of law. President Trump has also made similar threats against environmental groups that oppose his energy policy agenda and about Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington, which has sued his administration. Recent remarks by President Trump’s nominee for IR…
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