WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump\u2019s education secretary said Monday that Harvard will no longer receive federal grants, escalating an ongoing battle with the prestigious university as it challenges the funding cuts in court.
\nThe Trump administration has for weeks locked horns with Harvard and other higher education institutions over claims they tolerate anti-Semitism on their campuses \u2014 threatening their budgets, tax-exempt status and enrollment of foreign students.
\nEducation Secretary Linda McMahon, in a letter sent to Harvard\u2019s president and posted online, said that the university \u201cshould no longer seek GRANTS from the federal government, since none will be provided.\u201d
\nShe alleged that Harvard has \u201cfailed to abide by its legal obligations, its ethical and fiduciary duties, its transparency responsibilities, and any semblance of academic rigor.\u201d
\nHarvard \u2014 routinely ranked among the world\u2019s top universities \u2014 has drawn Trump\u2019s ire by refusing to comply with his demands that it accept government oversight of its admissions, hiring practices and political slant.
\nThat prompted the Trump administration to in mid-April freeze $2.2 billion in federal funding, with a total of $9 billion under review.
\nMcMahon, a former wrestling executive, said that her letter \u201cmarks the end of new grants for the University.\u201d
\nHarvard is the wealthiest US university with an endowment valued at $53.2 billion in 2024.
\nThe latest move comes as Trump and his White House crack down on US universities on several fronts, justified as a reaction to what they say is uncontrolled anti-Semitism and a need to reverse diversity programs aimed at addressing historical oppression of minorities.
\nThe administration has threatened funding freezes and other punishments, prompting concerns over declining academic freedom.
\nIt has also moved to revoke visas and deport foreign students involved in the protests, accusing them of supporting Palestinian militant group Hamas, whose October 7, 2023 attack on Israel provoked the war.
\nTrump\u2019s claims about diversity tap into long-standing conservative complaints that US university campuses are too liberal, shutting out right-wing voices and favoring minorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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