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The Trump administration sent Harvard a list of demands on Thursday that would have to be met to end a government review of $9 billion the school receives in federal funding.
From The New York Times
That $8.7 billion figure was announced earlier this week by the Trump administration, which said that it's reviewing federal grants and contracts awarded to Harvard because Harvard has not done enough...
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Columbia University agreed Friday to demands by the Trump administration—including restrictions on masks, new campus police officers and more oversight for some departments—after losing $400 million in federal funding over allegations of antisemitism ...
Columbia University appears to have ceded to the Trump administration’s demands after a threat to withhold $400 million in federal funds.
The school’s capitulation to the administration represent a remarkable moment in academia — and in the university’s history.
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Columbia University has announced a new mask ban, the hiring of special officers and other new policies in response to the Trump administration's list of demands.
Harvard University received a letter from a federal task force Thursday outlining policy demands tied to nearly $9 billion in federal funding, a university spokesperson told CNN.
The Trump administration has placed billions of dollars of federal funding to Harvard and affiliated institutions under "review."
To address alleged antisemitism, the university will make the changes the Trump administration has demanded, despite legal and academic freedom concerns.
Katrina Armstrong, who took over as interim president at Columbia in August, resigned amid a tumultuous year for the university.
A federal antisemitism task force is reviewing more than $255 million in contracts between Harvard and the federal government to make sure the school is following civil rights laws.