WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was canceling another $450 million in grants to Harvard University after the Ivy League school “repeatedly failed” to quell race discrimination and antisemitism on campus.
“There is a dark problem on Harvard’s campus, and by prioritizing appeasement over accountability, institutional leaders have forfeited the school’s claim to taxpayer support,” members of Trump’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism said in a statement.
“Harvard, and its leadership group who are tainted by the egregious infractions under its watch, faces a steep, uphill battle to reclaim its legacy as a lawful institution and center of academic excellence.”
The cuts are coming from at least eight different federal agencies, and are taking place after the task force — which comprises the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services as well as the General Services Administration — terminated $2.2 billion in grants last week.
Reps for Harvard University did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The task force cited the Supreme Court’s 2023 rebuke in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, internal university investigations and reports about discriminatory practices at the school’s law review journal as proof of the “pervasive” racial bias and anti-semitism.
“[T]he [Harvard Law Review] awarded a $65,000 fellowship — meant to “serve the public interest” — to a protester who faced criminal charges for assaulting a Jewish student on campus,” the task force noted.
“The decision was reviewed and approved by a faculty committee, demonstrating just how radical Harvard has become.”
