From: Haaretz April 14, 2025 Trump Freezes Over $2b in Funding to Harvard After It Refuses to Accept Reform Demands
Trump's Task Force on Combatting Antisemitism said that: 'Harvard's statement today reinforces the troubling entitlement mindset that is endemic in our nation's most prestigious universities and colleges'
The Trump administration has frozen over $2 billion in funding to Harvard, hours after the university announced that it won't comply with a list of White House demands as part of its campaign against antisemitism.
University president Alan Garber said in a letter that the institution would “not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights”. “The administration’s prescription goes beyond the power of the federal government,”
He continued, “No government – regardless of which party is in power — should dictate: 1. what private universities can teach, 2. whom they can admit and hire, 3. and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”
