Harvard University has become the latest federal audit by the Trump administration.
The Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services announced on Monday that a “comprehensive review” of the Federal Harvard financing, which endangers more than $ 8.9 billion in contracts and grants at risk.
The joint work team to combat anti -Semitism is the top review “to ensure the university’s compliance with federal regulations, including civil rights responsibilities.”
Harvard’s review came after the work squad recently reduced $ 400 million from Colombia University. The Foundation agreed to a set of conditions set by the administration, which included tougher protest regulations, extensive security presence on campus, and increasing supervision of the Middle East Studies Department, South Asia and African, in an attempt to restore financing. The temporary president of the university resigned shortly after the concession.
Since Hamas on October 7, 2023, an attack against Israel, and the continuous Israel war in Gaza, which has claimed at least 50,000 people combined, has faced some of the most famous colleges in the country allegations of anti -Semitism after a wave of pro -Palestinians protests that spread throughout the country.
The Trump administration is also seeking to deport pro -Palestinian activists who are permanent residents, many of whom are Colombia students, which raised the first amendment concerns.
Although Monday’s announcement did not clarify in detail the accurate demands of the administration at Harvard University, the Minister of Education, Linda McMahon, criticized Harvard to calm her reputation by “strengthening divisional ideologies for free investigation.”
McMahon said in a statement on monday.
Discounts in financing from schools usually need a long operation through the Ministry of Education. The American Association of University Professors and the American Union of Teachers filed a lawsuit against the administration for hostage funding, saying that the cuts had ended the grants of the health of the fetus, Alzheimer’s and cancer research in Colombia.
As of the end of March, Colombia has not received confirmation that funding will be restored.
Alan M. Garper, President of Harvard University, in a statement that the university “will participate with members of the Labor Squad in the federal government to combat anti -Semitism” and that “he suffered from anti -Semitism directly, even during his work as president.”
“In a long -term partnership with the federal government, we launched and sponsored the careful research that made countless people more healthy, safer, more curious and more knowledgeable, improving their lives, societies, and our world,” Garber added.
Harvard Heba amounted to 53.2 billion dollars in 2024, and operating expenses were 6.4 billion dollars.
