Overview

• Harvard filed a lawsuit this week in federal court to challenge the Trump administration’s decision to withhold $2.2 billion in research grants and suspend new student visas.
• A judge has barred the administration from altering Harvard’s international student program indefinitely, but President Trump issued a proclamation to restrict visas for future cohorts.
• Harvard settled two Title VI complaints by adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism and appointing a dedicated adviser for bias allegations.
• Columbia University’s cooperation with federal demands to discipline protesters and revise campus policies has triggered student and faculty protests and calls for leadership changes.
• The dispute has intensified a national debate over the federal role in campus governance and the balance between political pressure and university independence.