The government claims that the freezing of funding is due to the alleged failure of the university to fight against anti -Semitism on the campus.
The United States Department of Health and Social Services (HHS) said that it ended $ 60 million in federal subsidies at Harvard University, which increases an ongoing quarrel between Ivy Leave Institute and the administration of President Donald Trump on alleged anti-Semitism, presidential control and the limits of academic freedom.
“Due to the continuous failure of Harvard University to combat anti -Semitic harassment and racial discrimination, HHS ends several multi -year scholarships – totaling around 60 million dollars over their duration,” the department said on Monday.
He said discrimination will not be “tolerated” on the campus, adding that “federal funds must support establishments that protect all students”.
HHS takes decisive measures to maintain civil rights in higher education. Due to the continuous failure of Harvard University to combat anti -Semitic harassment and racial discrimination, HHS ends several multi -year scholarships – totaling around 60 million dollars on their … pic.twitter.com/99aud4zvyf
– HHS.GOV (@hhsgov) May 20, 2025
The Trump administration has already frozen more than $ 2.2 billion in federal subsidies in Harvard.
The secretary of the Department of Education, Linda McMahon, also announced earlier this month that the university would no longer receive public funding for research because it had made a “mockery” of higher education, in a letter addressed to Harvard.
“Harvard will cease to be an institution funded by the State and may rather operate as an institution funded by private, based on its colossal allocation and collecting funds from its large base of former rich students,” wrote McMahon in the letter.
Harvard continued the administration in response, alleging that the freezing of funding violates the first amendment and the federal law, which prohibits the president of the order directly or indirectly from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to carry out or terminate an audit or an investigation.
Harvard president Alan Garber announced last week that the university would use $ 250 million in its own funds to support research.
The quarrel between the president and Harvard – a prestigious Ivy League campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts – started in March, when Trump sought to impose new rules and regulations on the best schools across the country that had hosted pro -Palestinian demonstrations in the past year.
Trump called such “illegal” demonstrations and accused participants in anti -Semitism. But students’ protest students described their actions as a peaceful response to the War of Israel in Gaza, which aroused concerns about human rights violations, including genocide.
The Trump administration announced the first financing freeze in April. Harvard had rejected the administration’s series of requests to combat alleged anti -Semitism, saying that they would subject him to excessive government control. Requests have included the reorganization of its disciplinary system, eliminating its diversity initiatives and accepting an external audit of the programs deemed anti -Semitic by the administration.
Trump and eminent conservatives in the United States also accused Harvard for a long time and other universities of spreading extreme left views and stifling right perspectives.
