Trump administration review $ 9 billion in federal Harvard grants

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The Donald Trump administration has launched a review of anti -Semitism measures at Harvard University, which can freeze up to $ 9 billion in federal financing of the institution.

Monday departments of education, health and human services and general services administration on Monday – Note They launched a “wide review of federal contracts and grants at the University of Harvard and its branches” as part of the joint operational anti -Semitism group.

Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, said in a statement: “Harvard’s failure to defend students on campus anti -Semite Discrimination – all when promoting dividing ideologies over a free investigation – has put its reputation a serious danger. ”

She added that the government “will cooperate with the relevant contracts to evaluate whether it is worth issuing orders for stopping work.” The statement said the review would cover $ 256 million in contracts and $ 8.7 billion in long -term grant commitments “in order for the university to meet federal rules, including civil rights duties.”

Trump and the Republican Party have launched a number of attacks on higher education with allegations of “woken up” the ideology and threats of wider measures, including the investigation into anti -Semitism and potential taxes on university gifts.

This step on Monday comes despite the recent Harvard preventive steps to avoid measures. University recently created an operative group on anti -Semitism settled the lawsuit Students who claim that anti -Semitism on the campus was dismissed by the leaders of the Faculty of Research Center in the Middle East and abolished the partnership with the University of Birzeit on the West Bank.

He also pledged to release an annual report on his progress in response to discrimination or persecution. But he still confronted with legal actions and individuals zone Federal government.

Kirsten Weld, head of the recently created university director of the US Association University, called the last step the government “clumsy” and said: “This is an attack on the entire sector, civil society and democratic culture in the United States.”

“Now we have seen that the Trump administration strategy is to choose separate institutions one by one,” she said. “They are not going to stop. The only way forward is to coordinate and work together throughout the sector to develop a united front and a joint strategy to push away from these attacks.”

Last escalation regarding elite higher education institutions follows $ 400 million in federal grants At the Colombian University, which made a number of concessions after the requirements of changes in management and discipline in relation to student participants of the action.

The actions of Colombia, which led to the resignation last week of the second president since 2023, have not yet led to the return of money.

The government also frozen $ 175 million at the University of Pennsylvania, allegedly associated with it, allowing transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports in accordance with the recommendations at the time.

Sean Kevni, acting General Lawyer of the Department of Health and Human Services, said on Monday: “The target group will continue its efforts to introduce anti -Semitism and reorientation of our higher educational institutions on the main values ​​subjected to liberal education.”

Harvard has a reason estimated at more than $ 50 billion, which is the stress of officials for certain costs, including financial assistance. Earlier this month, he announced the expansion of support that would allow students to be free for students from $ 100,000 annual revenues and less.

Several dozen professors from the Harvard Law Faculty spoke in a letter Last week, students against “serious problems to the rule of law” that relate to the actions of the Trump administration against law firms and the punishment of people “for legally speaking on public concern.”

Harvard addressed the comments.