Harvard filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Monday evening, claiming the government was using the threat of withholding federal funds in schools as “leverage to control academic decision-making.”
The threat of a major cut in Harvard’s funding began in April after demanding that the university meet certain requirements to address anti-Semitism on campus. Page 51 LitigationThe university, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, said the government has “launched a widespread attack on key funding partnerships that allow for the study of specific diseases.”
“An attempt to force and control Harvard to protect Harvard’s “academic freedom” is a filing nation. “This threat to academic freedom at universities will equally hit the research conducted and the resulting advances on campus.”
On April 11, the Ministry of Education sent a letter to Harvard calling for university issues to be addressed, including coordinating and implementing the disciplinary process, improving screening of international students for “hostile” opinions, and reviewing “programs with a terrible record of anti-Semitism.” Just a few days later, on April 14, Ivy League schools said they did not agree to the terms set by the administration, and would not allow the lawsuit to be “taken over to the federal government.”
People will walk through Harvard Yard on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 15, 2025 (Joseph Pregioso/AFP by Getty Images:
Following Harvard’s response, the Joint Task Force to combat anti-Semitism has declared it would cancel the contract value of $2.2 billion in multi-year grants and $60 million from the university. In response to the school’s pushback, the task force said “strengthening the mindset of endemic and troubling qualifications at the most prestigious universities and universities in our country – federal investment is not responsible for supporting civil rights laws.” (Related: Trump Administrators freeze another $1 billion with NIH grant to Harvard University)
High-ranking Department of Health and Human Services officials from the National Institutes of Health to Universities have announced more than 500 grants (worth $1 billion) from the National Institutes of Health to Universities to daily callers on Monday, high-ranking Daily Services officials, billions already revoked by the Joint Task Force to combat anti-Semitism.
Alan Garber, President of Harvard University release The statement to the school wrote that the government’s “overreach is serious and long-lasting,” adding that the Ivy League is working on its “unfinished business.”
“We need to endure that ideal by taking concrete steps to reaffirm the culture of free research, diversity of perspectives and academic exploration. It will be more consistent and effective to ensure that students, faculty and staff are more consistent and effective, and that all members of our community continue their community, writes Gerber.
Gerber added that his task force on “the fight against anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias” and “the fight against anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian bias” will complete their report and will soon “release what is included and included.”[d] Recommendations with specific plans for implementation. ”
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