Trump administration threatens to cut all Harvard funding

In a message sent to Harvard, a federal work group said that its achievement had found that the university was a “deliberate participant” in the anti -Semitic harassment of students and Jewish faculty members. The work team threatened to refer the case to the Ministry of Justice to file a lawsuit to civil rights “as soon as possible”, unless Harvard University is committed.

The discovery is escalating White House struggle with HarvardWhich faced increasing penalties after rejecting the list of federal demands that call for comprehensive changes in campus governance, employment and admission. Indeed, the government reduced more than $ 2.6 billion in research grants. But the violation of civil rights can endanger Harvard’s eligibility to accept loans or federal scholarships for students to attend the university – often referred to as a “death penalty” in higher education.

“The failure to create sufficient changes immediately will lead to the loss of all federal financial resources and continue to influence Harvard’s relationship with the federal government,” officials said in the message obtained by the Associated Press and the first time by the Wall Street Journal.

Trump administration for several months Harvard was accused of tolerance with anti -Semitism On the campus, but the discovery of the official investigation gives the administration a channel to prevent more federal funding.

Trump personally made a population against Harvard University, but on June 20 he suggested a for months of resolving the conflict. In a post on social media, Trump said Harvard “acted very appropriately” during negotiations. He did not clarify the conditions of a possible decision.

Harvard University did not comment on whether it was negotiating with the White House. On Monday, Harvard University said it does not strongly agree to the government’s results and is committed to combating bias.

“The anti -Semitism is a serious problem and regardless of the context, it is unacceptable,” the university said in a statement. “Harvard University has taken fundamental and proactive steps to address the radical causes of anti -Semitism in its community.”

Federal officials submitted their case in a 57 -page report showing in detail an investigation by the Civil Rights Office of the Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services. The agency is among the many actors in the federal anti -Semitic work band.

The government’s investigation was largely relied on Study anti -Semitism on campus Encouraged Harvard and released in April. Federal officials were martyred in many details of this report, including the accounts of the Jewish students who said they were spit and faced chants on the campus, including “Hill Hitler”.

It focuses heavily on the protests last year on Israel’s war. In a letter to Harvard University, federal officials said that the campus “was overcome by an unacceptable multi -market camp” left Jewish and Israeli students afraid and disrupted their studies.

He accuses Harvard of imposing equal and inconsistent discipline against students who participated in the camp, noting that no of them was suspended.

Harvard University President Alan Garper has admitted problems with anti -Semitism and anti -Muslims on the campus, but he says Harvard has made great steps to fight bias. He announced new initiatives in April when issuing an anti -Semitism study.

“Harvard – and will not – will not be obligated to fanaticism,” Garper wrote at that time.

Monday’s speech finds that Harvard has violated the sixth chapter of the 1964 Civil Rights Law. These results have always been resolved through voluntary decisions between schools and the federal government. However, the Trump administration has taken a more severe advantage than its predecessors.

Decides have passed since the administration has tried to strip a school or college for its federal financing on civil rights violations. Trump officials seek this result in the Ministry of Justice A lawsuit against Min The transgender athletes, and threaten the same procedure in a similar investigation California.

Trump officials operated Harvard with sanctions after it became the first university to challenge the White House demands to deal with anti -Semitism and liberal bias. Along with research discounts, the administration tried to prevent Harvard from Hosting foreign studentsPresident Donald Trump said that the school should lose it Tax exemption state.

Some procedures were Prohibited By the courts after a lawsuit against Harvard, accusing the illegal revenge government.

Harvard’s previous financing discounts were implemented under a ruling that allows the government to end the grants and contracts that no longer correspond to federal priorities. This strategy is believed to be unprecedented and challenged in court. But by invoking the violation of civil rights, the government put Harvard on a firm road for more sanctions.