Here Are the Many Ways Trump Is Attacking Harvard: QuickTake

July 11, 2025, 7:39 PM UTC

In its campaign to pressure elite US colleges to make a wide range of policy changes, the administration of President Donald Trump has come down hardest on Harvard University.

Framing its actions as an initiative to fight campus antisemitism and enforce civil rights protections, the government has warned that Harvard’s accreditation may be in jeopardy,frozen more than $2.6 billion in research funding for the Ivy League school, and moved to cancel the university’s remaining $100 million or so in federal contracts. It has also tried to bar the university from enrolling international students and prevent foreign nationals from ...

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