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Harvard Rejects Title VI Violation Ruling, Files Suit to Restore Federal Funding

The federal task force’s June 30 finding of civil rights violations has put Harvard’s remaining research grants at risk pending immediate corrective measures.

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This December 2023 photo shows a view of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
FILE - This Nov. 13, 2008 file photo shows the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)

Overview

  • On June 30, the HHS Office for Civil Rights and a multi-agency task force concluded that Harvard violated Title VI by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment and hate imagery.
  • Harvard President Alan Garber’s administration has formally rejected the violation finding and filed lawsuits challenging the suspension of over $2.6 billion in federal research grants and restrictions on international student visas.
  • University officials say they are engaged in confidential settlement talks with the Trump administration even as they mount legal challenges to the funding freezes.
  • The government has already withheld $2.6 billion in grants and warns that without swift policy changes, Harvard could lose access to the remaining federal research funding and tax-exempt status.
  • The dispute marks a key escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign targeting campus antisemitism and enforcing federal civil rights requirements at elite universities.