President Donald Trump referred to as for Harvard University to pay a sweeping $500 million settlement to revive its federal funding, saying the elite university has been “very bad.”
“We want nothing less than $500 million from Harvard. Don’t negotiate, Linda,” Trump mentioned to Education Secretary Linda McMahon throughout a Cabinet assembly on Tuesday.
He continued, “They’ve been very bad. Don’t negotiate.”
Harvard has been one of many Trump administration’s greatest targets, and an settlement between the 2 events has thus far confirmed elusive.
Harvard didn’t instantly reply to NCS’s request for remark.
The administration has argued it’s cracking down on antisemitism on campus amid the Israel-Hamas struggle. But Harvard, the one faculty to tackle the White House instantly in courtroom, has grow to be the epicenter of a broader conflict over educational freedom, federal funding and campus oversight. And there’s a perception contained in the White House that focusing on the nation’s most elite educational establishments is a profitable political subject for the president.
Trump’s feedback come as a federal decide is predicted to quickly rule within the faculty’s funding case in opposition to the Trump administration. Harvard had requested for an expedited closing determination from US District Judge Allison Burroughs earlier than September 3, which the college mentioned was the primary date it might be required to submit paperwork to shut out grant funding.
The administration has beforehand reached agreements with fellow Ivy League establishments Columbia University and Brown University.
Columbia agreed to pay the US Treasury $200 million over three years and a further $21 million to settle US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigations. An unbiased monitor will oversee implementation of varied provisions of the deal.
Days later, Brown agreed to pay $50 million in grants over 10 years to Rhode Island workforce growth organizations, avoiding direct funds to the federal authorities. And Brown’s resolution agreement specified that no provision “shall be construed as giving the United States authority to dictate Brown’s curriculum or the content of academic speech.”
The White House continues negotiations with Cornell University and Northwestern University.
NCS reported earlier this month that the administration is searching for a staggering $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, one thing the college’s management has solid as a nonstarter that might “devastate” the general public university.