Harvard University said Monday that it will not accept an agreement proposed by the Trump administration for continuous federal financing, saying that “the University will not deliver its independence or resignation are constitutional rights.”
In response, the Administration announced “a freezing of $ 2.2 billion in subsidies of several years and $ 60 million in contractual value of several years to Harvard University.”
On March 31, the Administration said it was reviewing around $ 9 billion in subsidies and contracts with the Ivy League institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, “to ensure that the University complies with federal regulations, including its civil rights rights.” The Department of Education is researcher Alleged anti -Semitic incidents in university campuses, and President Trump has threatened to extract funds from universities that allow what they say they are “illegal protests. “
A letter sent to Harvard on April 11 described a series of conditions that Harvard needed to meet in a “financial relationship” with the federal government. The demands included leadership reforms, an immediate detaine large tent He climbed in Harvard Yard.
In March, the Trump administration announced that it would be Cancel $ 400 million In subsidies and contracts to the University of Columbia, claiming that the school had “continuous inaction against persistent harassment of Jewish students.”
“President Trump is working to make higher education again without control without control and ensure that federal taxpayers do not finance Harvard’s support for dangerous racial discrimination or a main statement of Racia-Motivity-Putal Depy Sophaals on Monday night.”
Harvard response to Trump’s administration
The president of Harvard, Alan Garber, said that the school has taken several measures to address semitism and “planned to do much more.” But he said that Harvard will not accept the proposed agreement that “it goes beyond the power of the federal government.”
“The University will not deliver its independence or resign from its constitutional rights,” Garber said in a statement.
Garber said that the research financed by the federal government in Harvard has led to advances in medical, engineering and scientific fields.
“For the government to withdraw from thesis associations now runs the risk of not only the health and well -being of millions of people, but also the economic security and the vitality of our nation,” he said.
Harvard said in March that it would be Freezing hiringCiting “substantial financial uncertainties promoted by federal policies that change rapidly.” The University said in 2024 that it received $ 686 million from the federal government, the largest source of support for research.
Freeze at $ 2.2 billion in grants
On Monday, the joint task force to combat anti -Semitism announced a freezing of $ 2.2 billion in subsidies of several years to Harvard University.
“Harvard’s statement today reinforces the worrying mentality of rights that is endemic in the most prestigious universities and schools of our nations, that federal investment does not have the responsibility of defending civil rights laws,” the working group said in a statement.
“The interruption of learning that has affected campus 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 significant change.