US EditionWhite House seeks fines from universities including Harvard, WSJ reports
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 25 – The White House aims to impose heavy fines and cash settlements on Harvard and others to end federal probes into campus antisemitism, following a $220 million Columbia settlement.
- On Friday, the White House is pursuing heavy fines from Harvard University and others, using the Columbia University deal as a template, an administration official said.
- Until now, civil rights probes rarely led to fines, as the Biden administration relied on voluntary settlements, NO, according to NO.
- On Wednesday, Columbia University agreed to settle for $220 million, with Columbia leaders saying it preserves the university's autonomy while regaining federal funds.
- Amid broader enforcement, funding at Northwestern has been frozen, the White House is in talks with Brown University, Bloomberg reported.
- Following the Columbia deal, the White House is expanding settlements, using it as a `blueprint` to seek fines and restore funding, said Education Secretary Linda McMahon.
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White House seeks fines from Ivy League schools after Columbia deal
The White House is seeking fines from several universities it says failed to stop antisemitism on campus, including Harvard University, in exchange for restoring federal funding, a Trump administration official said on Friday. The administration is in talks with several universities, including Cornell, Duke, Northwestern and Brown, the source said, confirming a report in the Wall Street Journal. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, …
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ORF.at NewsUS President Trump uses federal funding to force changes at US universities. Columbia University has agreed to pay $221 million in dispute with the government.
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White House seeks fines from other universities after Columbia deal
Harvard University. File photo: Getty Images The White House is seeking fines from several universities it says failed to stop antisemitism on campus, including Harvard University, in exchange for restoring federal funding, a Trump administration official said on Friday.
The White House is seeking substantial fines from Harvard and other universities as part of potential settlements to end campus antisemitism research, using the agreement it reached with Columbia University as a model, according to a White House official.
Brown in discussions with White House to restore federal funding, says WSJ, Bloomberg
The White House is in conversations with Brown about the future of its federal research funding, the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg reported Friday. The discussions follow reports in April of the Trump administration's plans to freeze $510 million in federal funds over allegations of antisemitism and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.An unnamed White House official also told Bloomberg that Brown, Northwestern University and Cornell …
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