Overview

• Harvard and the Trump administration are nearing a settlement that would require the university to pay roughly $500 million to restore billions in frozen federal research funds.
• More than 14,000 Harvard alumni, students and faculty have signed a letter urging the university to reject any deal that would subject it to political oversight and hefty fines.
• California Governor Gavin Newsom publicly demanded Harvard President Alan Garber’s resignation, calling a potential agreement “an absolute failure of leadership.”
• Previous agreements with Columbia and Brown imposed multimillion-dollar payments, mandatory admissions data reporting and federal compliance monitors as templates for Harvard’s pact.
• Harvard and allied faculty unions continue active litigation over funding cuts and Title VI findings as the administration signals it may seize university-held research patents.