Overview

• Negotiators have outlined a framework requiring Harvard to allocate roughly $500 million over several years to vocational and educational programs in exchange for reinstated federal research funding.
• The proposed agreement would terminate all active federal investigations into the university’s handling of antisemitism, discrimination and international student enrollment.
• As part of the settlement, Harvard would formalize expanded initiatives to combat antisemitism on campus.
• A major sticking point is the administration’s demand for detailed admissions data broken down by race and test scores and its insistence on appointing an independent monitor.
• Final approval by President Trump and Harvard’s leadership remains pending, and Harvard’s prior lawsuits and the example set by Columbia and Brown heighten the risk that negotiations could still collapse.