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Harvard in Talks to Pay Up to $500 Million to End Funding Freeze

Negotiations follow Columbia’s precedent-setting $200 million settlement.

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U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks during the summer meeting of the National Governors Association at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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A view of the Business School campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi/File Photo

Overview

  • Harvard is considering a payment of as much as $500 million to resolve civil rights probes and restore access to over $2 billion in suspended research grants.
  • Brown University finalized a funding deal that returns more than $500 million in federal support in exchange for a $50 million workforce development donation and policy changes.
  • Columbia’s $200 million agreement, reached July 23, restored its research funds after allegations of campus antisemitism and set the model for other settlements.
  • The administration has leveraged federal research grants to enforce compliance with antisemitism investigations and diversity, equity and inclusion policy reviews at multiple universities.
  • University leaders and critics have raised concerns that large financial penalties and oversight requirements could undermine academic freedom and due process.