Overview

• McMahon said she will resume negotiations if Harvard drops its lawsuit and complies with federal demands on antisemitism and diversity.
• At her June 4 hearing before the House Education and the Workforce Committee, she defended freezing $2.2 billion in funding and halting new research grants to pressure Harvard over discrimination claims.
• Harvard has issued new guidance clarifying its Non-Discrimination and Anti-Bullying policy and expanded antisemitism training through its Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.
• President Trump signed a proclamation suspending entry of foreign nationals seeking to study or research at Harvard on national security grounds.
• The Department of Education has also moved to pull accreditation from Columbia University and remove remaining contracts and grants from institutions it deems hostile to Jewish students.