US EditionNorthwestern University to pay $75 million to federal government to settle antisemitism claims, restore frozen funds
Northwestern will pay $75 million over three years to settle civil rights probes and regain nearly $800 million in frozen federal research funds, with new anti-discrimination policies.
- On Friday, Northwestern University and the U.S. federal government reached a three-year agreement restoring federal research funding, ending investigations, and requiring a $75 million payment to the U.S. Treasury.
- After the government froze funding in April, the Trump administration halted about $790 million amid Education Department probes, causing over 100 stop-work orders and political pressure from congressional Republicans.
- The deal binds Northwestern University to antisemitism training, clearer protest policies, international admissions review, Deering Meadow agreement termination, a Board of Trustees compliance committee, quarterly NU president and chair verifications, and adherence to Title IX obligations.
- Restored federal support will affect faculty, staff and research after Northwestern expects funding to resume within days and be fully restored within 30 days, according to Interim President Henry Bienen.
- The deal joins similar settlements at Columbia University, Cornell University, and Brown University, with Attorney General Pamela Bondi saying, `Institutions that accept federal funds are obligated to follow civil rights law we are grateful to Northwestern for negotiating this historic deal.
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Northwestern Will Pay $75M To Restore Federal Funding
Source: peterspiro / Getty One of the Trump administration’s key targets through its second term has been higher education. The administration has launched investigations into colleges and universities for “antisemitism” (students being vocally pro-Palestine), “discriminatory practices” (diversity, inclusion, and equity practices). It has withheld federal funding from several schools. Northwestern is one of the many schools that have been affect…
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Jewish leaders cautiously optimistic over Northwestern deal with Trump administration
Jewish leaders with ties to Northwestern University are cautiously celebrating a $75 million settlement reached on Friday with the Trump administration to restore federal funding that was frozen earlier this year over allegations that administrators failed to address campus antisemitism. Under the agreement — which will restore at least $790 million in funding that was frozen in April — the Illinois private university agreed to end its commitmen…
Northwestern settles with Trump administration in $75M deal to regain federal funding
The university will pay $75 million over three years to end the Trump administration's investigations into antisemitism on its campus and to have millions of dollars in federal funding restored.
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