Harvard No Longer Eligible for New Grants From Federal Government: White House

All future funds to the university will be at the Trump administrationโ€™s discretion, a White House official said.

Harvard University will no longer be eligible for government grants, a senior White House official said on May 5.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon will send a letter to Harvard President Alan Garber on Monday night to inform the university that it is not eligible for federal grants until it makes significant changes to its management, the official said.

The letter will cite low public confidence in higher education, Harvardโ€™s alleged failure to combat anti-Semitism on campus, and take issue with the virtually untaxed status of Harvardโ€™s significant financial endowment.

On Friday, President Donald Trump threatened to go after Harvardโ€™s tax-exempt status.

โ€œWe are going to be taking away Harvardโ€™s Tax Exempt Status. Itโ€™s what they deserve!โ€ he wrote in a social media post.

Earlier this year, the Department of Education sent Harvard a list of demandsโ€”including combating anti-Semitism on campus and eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programsโ€”that the university needed to fulfill or risk losing billions in federal funding.

In its response, Harvard said it was โ€œnot prepared to agree to demands that go beyond the lawful authority of this or any administration.โ€

The Trump administration then froze $2.26 billion from the university, with nearly $9 billion in funding set aside for Harvard put under review.

The administration had also pushed for Harvard to disclose information about potential foreign ties, with the Department of Homeland Security threatening to remove the universityโ€™s ability to enroll foreign students.

Weeks later, Harvard released two reports describing how Jewish, Israeli, Zionist, Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and pro-Palestinian students all reported feeling marginalized or targeted over their identities and views after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel and the campus protests that followed.

โ€œEspecially disturbing is the reported willingness of some students to treat each other with disdain rather than sympathy, eager to criticize and ostracize, particularly when afforded the anonymity and distance that social media provides,โ€ Garber wrote in a letter to the campus community.

Trump suggested on April 30 that his administration would no longer give government grants to Harvard if it did not agree to fulfill his demands to eliminate DEI and combat on-campus anti-Semitism.

โ€œA grant is at our discretion, and they are really not behaving well. So itโ€™s too bad,โ€ Trump said.

Byย Jacob Burg

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