Overview

• HHS’s Office for Civil Rights concluded on June 30 that Harvard failed to shield Jewish and Israeli students from harassment, finding the university in “violent violation” of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
• Investigators documented assaults, antisemitic images and vandalism and noted an impermissible, multiweek pro-Palestinian encampment that disrupted classes and instilled fear.
• The June 30 letter demands immediate corrective measures or threatens to terminate all remaining federal research and student-aid funding.
• The Trump administration has already frozen or cut nearly $3 billion in federal grants since April after Harvard rejected previous demands for oversight of its campus policies.
• Harvard strongly disputes the OCR findings, has filed multiple lawsuits and asserts it has taken substantive, proactive steps to combat antisemitism on campus.