We’ve seen the president pull funding—or at least threaten to—at Columbia University, the University of Maine, Cornell, UPenn and more.
Now Harvard University is pushing back. Once considered among the premiere academic institutions in the world, their reputation has taken tremendous hits as they’ve been accused of racism in their admissions policies, they tripled-down on divisive DEI ideology, their president resigned amid plagiarism allegations, and perhaps most importantly, they allowed antisemitism and pro-Hamas terrorist ideology to rage on “Hahvahd Yahd.”
Instead of cleaning up their act, they’re doubling down on their troubling behavior—and for now at least, there’s a huge price to pay:
The Trump administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism announced it is freezing over $2 billion in multi-year grants and contracts to Harvard University in Massachusetts, after the school’s president released a statement saying the school would not comply with the administration’s demands regarding antisemitism.
The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. https://t.co/5k5t9RYYC2
— Harvard University (@Harvard) April 14, 2025
Team Trump was not amused:
“Harvard’s statement today reinforces the troubling entitlement mindset that is endemic in our nation’s most prestigious universities and colleges – that federal investment does not come with the responsibility to uphold civil rights laws,” the task force said. “The disruption of learning that has plagued campuses in recent years is unacceptable. The harassment of Jewish students is intolerable.
“It is time for elite universities to take the problem seriously and commit to meaningful change if they wish to continue receiving taxpayer support,” the statement continued. “The Joint Task Force to combat anti-Semitism is announcing a freeze on $2.2 billion in multi-year grants and $60M in multi-year contract value to Harvard University.”
