After rejecting demands from President Donald Trump and his administration, Harvard University had $2.3 billion in federal funding frozen.
According to Reuters, the funding was frozen after Trump announced a review of $9 billion in federal contracts and grants to Harvard for its part in supporting antisemitism on its campus during pro-Palestine protests over the last 18 months.
The Department of Education (DOE) accused the university on Monday of having a “troubling entitlement mindset that is endemic in our nation’s most prestigious universities and colleges – that federal investment does not come with the responsibility to uphold civil rights laws.”
Harvard is not the only university to face funding cuts, with Reuters reporting that the Trump administration has been putting pressure on institutions to change their respective policies to combat antisemitism on campuses.
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