Harvard, Trump administration and antisemitism
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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
Harvard University’s release this week of a long-awaited, 300-page report addressing antisemitism on campus is the latest milestone in an issue that has been incredibly painful for the campus community – and incredibly powerful for its biggest critic: the Trump administration.
The Trump administration has frozen approximately $450 million in additional federal grants at Harvard University amid ongoing tensions over how the institution has handled alleged incidents of antisemitism on campus.
Antisemitism is “at odds with our most fundamental values and against long established university policy,” a Hopkins spokesperson has said previously.
While Harvard and the Trump Administration share “common ground” on issues such as ending antisemitism and other bigotry on campus and encouraging a “multiplicity of viewpoints” at the Ivy League school,
Harvard University president Alan Garber said in a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon that the federal government’s encroachment on institutional independence is diminishing Harvard’s efforts to end antisemitism on campus, promote viewpoint diversity and be a world leader in academic research.
Harvard's antisemitism report focused on how Jewish students felt constrained on campus by venom toward Israel.
The review will be led by the Education and Health and Human Services departments, as well as the General Services Administration.