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White House seeks fines from universities including Harvard, WSJ reports
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 25 – The White House aims to impose heavy fines and cash settlements on Harvard and others to end federal probes into campus antisemitism, following a $220 million Columbia settlement.
- On Friday, the White House is pursuing heavy fines, using the Columbia University deal as a template, an administration official said.
- Until now, civil rights probes rarely led to fines, as the Biden administration primarily relied on voluntary settlements, NO.
- On Wednesday, Columbia University agreed to a settlement, preserving its autonomy while restoring federal funding, according to Columbia leaders.
- The White House is in talks with Brown University, with over $1 billion at Cornell and $790 million at Northwestern frozen, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.
- Following the Columbia deal, the White House is expanding settlements, using it as a `roadmap` that could `ripple across the higher education sector and change campus culture for years to come`, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said.
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Otago Daily Times
White House seeks fines from other universities after Columbia deal
Harvard University. File photo: Getty Images The White House is seeking fines from several universities it says failed to stop antisemitism on campus, including Harvard University, in exchange for restoring federal funding, a Trump administration official said on Friday.
Brown in discussions with White House to restore federal funding, says WSJ, Bloomberg
The White House is in conversations with Brown about the future of its federal research funding, the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg reported Friday. The discussions follow reports in April of the Trump administration's plans to freeze $510 million in federal funds over allegations of antisemitism and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.An unnamed White House official also told Bloomberg that Brown, Northwestern University and Cornell …
Winnipeg Free Press
With Columbia as a model, White House seeks fines in potential deals with Harvard and others
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Trump puts pressure on Harvard and others to pay up, after Columbia deal
The White House is pushing Harvard University and several other elite colleges to pay millions to the government to settle investigations into alleged antisemitism, a senior administration official said Friday.
Cornell Is Said to Advance in White House Talks Over Cut Funding
Cornell University is advancing in talks with the Trump administration to reinstate hundreds of millions of dollars in research funding amid efforts by the White House to get schools to resolve allegations of campus antisemitism, according to people familiar with the matter.
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