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Trump Administration Targets Billions In Funding To Harvard

Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Michael Casey/AP)

The Trump administration will scrutinize billions of dollars in federal funding to Harvard University, according to an announcement Monday by multiple federal agencies.

The Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism will review the more than $255 million in contracts between the federal government, Harvard and its affiliates. And it will also look at more than $8.7 billion in multiyear grant commitments to ensure the school is in compliance with federal regulations, the announcement from the departments of Education, Health and Human Services and the U.S. General Services Administration said.

The reviews follow dramatic cuts at Columbia University. Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced it was cutting off $400 million in federal grants because the school was not doing enough to protect Jewish students. Colleges across the country struggled last spring to balance students’ right to free speech during intense protests over the Israel-Gaza war with the need to ensure student safety on campus, with some Jewish students saying pro-Palestinian protests were at times hostile, antisemitic and frightening.

Columbia officials recently agreed to make changes and are in negotiations with the federal government in hopes of restoring funding.

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A spokeswoman for the Education Department said funding to Harvard is being reviewed at this point, not canceled outright.

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