Trump Administration to Review Billions in Grants to Harvard Over Allegations of Antisemitism

Harvard and DEI: An expensive lesson

The U.S. Department of Education is calling colleges to account for racist and antisemitic incidents on campus — and its move to withhold taxpayer dollars from violators has gotten university officials’ attention.

The only way to deal with Trump's demands for capitulation

On Tuesday, the Trump regime targeted Harvard University, threatening to withdraw about $9 billion in contracts and multiyear grants unless Harvard capitulates to unspecified demands.Last week, Trump targeted major Washington law firms, threatening to cut off their access to government buildings and government contracts unless they capitulated to various demands. Yesterday, the regime placed 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico a…

Guan ’27: Columbia isn’t a blameless victim

Columbia has become something of a poster child in the battle over higher education in the United States. From a crisis-filled 2024 spring semester to cycling through four presidents in less than two years, headlines around Morningside Heights seem to convey nothing but perpetual crisis.In early March, the Trump administration froze $400 million in federal funding to the university in light of concerns surrounding antisemitism on campus. Two pro…

After Columbia, Penn and Harvard, Princeton is now fighting with the removal of public funds. The accusation here too: to tolerate Jewish hatred on campus. Does the Trump administration act consistently – or does the state intervene through the back door in freedom of expression and science?

Trump administration to review federal funding for top colleges over antisemitism

The Trump administration has announced a review of billions of dollars in federal funding for some of the nation’s leading universities, alleging they have not adequately addressed antisemitism on their campuses. The move comes in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel and the subsequent rise in reports of antisemtism on college campuses. The administration suspended $210 million in federal funding for Princeton University this week. Prince…

Sarah Lawrence Must Answer to Congress—And Rightly So — Minding The Campus

In the winter of 2024, the U.S. Department of Education announced that an investigation is underway at Sarah Lawrence College (SLC) over its anti-Semitic environment. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights wrote in a December 23 letter that it will examine “whether the College failed to respond to alleged harassment of students […] The post Sarah Lawrence Must Answer to Congress—And Rightly So appeared first on Minding The Ca…