Harvard Ordered to End DEI as Part of Trump Funding Ultimatum

The Trump administration is ratcheting up pressure on Harvard University with a list of demands including the elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, days after threatening to end as much as $9 billion in federal funding for the school.

The government also called for scrapping any hiring preferences based on race or national origin, adopting a broad ban on masks and adding oversight for “biased programs that fuel antisemitism.” In addition, it outlined governance and leadership reforms, including empowering faculty and administrators committed to implementing changes.

Harvard “has fundamentally failed to protect American students and faculty from antisemitic violence ...