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Harvard Negotiates $500 Million Settlement in Campus Antisemitism Funding Dispute

A proposed $500 million settlement would resolve Harvard’s lawsuit to restore more than $2 billion in frozen research funding under federal civil-rights rules

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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 discussing a deal to pay up to $500 million to end investigations accusing it of failing to address antisemitism and regain access to suspended federal research grants.
  • Negotiators are debating whether payments go directly to the Treasury or through alternative channels and whether an outside monitor will oversee compliance without infringing academic freedom.
  • The university’s April lawsuit asserts that the administration’s funding freeze violates its First Amendment rights and seeks to unblock billions in research support.
  • Columbia’s $200 million settlement and Brown’s $50 million agreement to workforce development programs have become templates for resolving funding disputes with policy commitments.
  • Education Secretary Linda McMahon has hailed Columbia’s deal as a blueprint, signaling that financial penalties tied to civil-rights enforcement may become standard for top institutions.