Overview

• The US General Services Administration has ordered federal agencies to cancel roughly $100 million in contracts with Harvard.
• In mid-April, the National Institutes of Health froze $2.2 billion in research grants and $60 million in contracts amid a dispute over diversity and antisemitism policies.
• Harvard sued the administration in federal court, arguing that its funding cuts and contract cancellations violate the university’s academic freedom and statutory rights.
• The administration has also threatened to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status and barred the university from receiving new federal grants until it meets demands on hiring practices, curriculum oversight and campus protest policies.
• These actions reflect a wider campaign targeting elite universities and include suspensions of visa interviews for international students and similar funding reviews at institutions such as Columbia and Princeton.