Harvard Risks Funding Over Antisemitism Findings

The Trump administration has accused Harvard University of violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act for failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from antisemitic harassment and discrimination. A federal task force found Harvard to be deliberately indifferent and, at times, a willful participant in such harassment, referencing assaults, vandalism, and hostile campus protests. The administration warned Harvard it could lose all federal funding—amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars—if it does not immediately enact significant reforms. The findings have intensified tensions over campus protests related to the Israel-Gaza war and prompted ongoing legal disputes between Harvard and the Trump administration. Harvard has strongly disputed the government's conclusions, claiming it has already taken substantial steps to combat antisemitism. The dispute signals escalating federal scrutiny of elite universities’ campus climate and civil rights compliance.