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Trump administration launches more probes into Harvard
The investigations focus on possible race-based admissions violations and alleged antisemitic harassment, with Harvard facing potential enforcement actions including loss of federal funding.
- On Monday, the U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights opened two new investigations into Harvard University, alleging the institution continues to discriminate based on race, color, and national origin in violation of federal law.
- President Trump demanded $1 billion in damages from Harvard in early February, and the Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday alleging university leaders 'turned a blind eye to antisemitism and discrimination against Jews and Israelis' on campus.
- The Education Department issued a Letter of Impending Enforcement Action ordering Harvard to provide admissions data within 20 days or face 'enforcement actions,' including referral to the Department of Justice.
- Harvard receives over $2.6 billion in federal grants and faces potential funding loss if violations are found; the university rejected the allegations, calling the investigations 'retaliatory actions' for refusing to surrender independence to federal control.
- Federal Judge Allison Burroughs ruled in September that Trump used antisemitism as a 'smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault' on universities; meanwhile, critics argue the administration conflates Gaza criticism with antisemitism while ignoring equivalent allegations of Islamophobia.
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