President Donald Trump’s wave of executive orders targeting funding for education sent shockwaves through Harvard this week, jeopardizing thousands of research jobs and more than 10 percent of the University’s operating revenue.
US universities are trying to interpret a directive from the Trump administration that seeks to pause federal grants and loans, threatening to disrupt higher education funding, especially for scientific research.
Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 wrote that some federally funded research initiatives at Harvard could be be forced to stop work to comply with Donald Trump’s federal funding freeze in an email to affiliates Tuesday afternoon,
US President Donald Trump plans to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports starting February 1, aiming to tackle issues like undocumented immigration. This could lead to significant price hikes in gasoline,
Harvard University has settled two lawsuits accusing the Ivy League school of failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitic bullying and harassment on campus.
Trump has made fighting what he deems antisemitism a major part of his new administration, nominating New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik to be his UN ambassador. Stefanik aggressively questioned university presidents about antisemitism during a hearing in the House in 2023.
President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders cracking down on campus antisemitism and stripping federal funds from K-12 schools that teach critical race theory.
Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff said rate cuts were a "pipe dream" and warned the soaring US national debt could fuel inflation and hit the dollar.
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Harvard University settled two major antisemitism lawsuits with Jewish student groups just one day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The settlement includes significant policy changes, such as adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism,
The school has also pledged to partner with an Israeli university and with one of the Jewish groups that sued it.
Schools and universities responding to complaints of sexual misconduct must return to policies created during President Donald Trump’s first term, with requirements for live hearings and more protections for accused students.