In court battle with Trump, Harvard joins long list of plaintiffs saying administration violated decades-old law

Kestenbaum Required to Hand Over Documents in Ongoing Lawsuit, Judge Rules

Harvard Divinity School graduate Alexander “Shabbos” Kestenbaum will have to hand over a series of documents related to his ongoing Title VI lawsuit against Harvard, after a judge approved the University’s request to compel the production of documents on Wednesday.

A blandly titled law from 1946 may play a key role in Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration

Harvard claims Trump’s executive branch isn’t following federal rules for changing key government policies.

Amid Battle Over University Funding, Some in Higher Education See Academic Freedom Differently

Then-Senator JD Vance said in 2021 that “the universities are the enemy.” Borrowed from President Richard Nixon, the language foreshadowed a battle that has intensified through the opening of the second Trump administration. President Donald Trump’s team has frozen or cut taxpayer-funded research to pressure universities to shutter their diversity, equity, and inclusion offices, and to curb anti-Semitism on campus tied to the anti-Israel protest…

Harvard In Talks To Sell $1 Billion Of Private Equity Stakes Amid Feud With Trump: Report

Harvard has allocated almost 40% of its $53 billion endowment to private equity, according to an annual report for the year ended in June.

Harvard University exploring $1 billion of private equity stakes sale, source says

Harvard University's endowment is in advanced talks to sell private equity fund interests totaling about $1 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A List of HBCU Endowments vs. Harvard's: The Real Reason Why Harvard Can Sue Trump and Black Colleges Won't

If a fight is what the president wants, he’s poking at the right bear! Much of the nation’s powerful entities are complying with President Donald Trump’s efforts to censure history, control teachings in schools and even deport university students. But Harvard University is taking a stand.Read more...