Trump admin finds Harvard violated federal civil rights legislation : NPR

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Rick Friedman/AFP by way of Getty Pictures A Trump administration investigation has discovered that Harvard College violated federal civil rights legislation by failing to guard Jewish college students on campus. The discovering places the college liable to shedding extra federal funding.

In a separate letter to the college summarizing the investigation's findings, a federal process pressure stated, "Harvard has been in some instances intentionally detached, and in others has been a willful participant in anti-Semitic harassment of Jewish college students, college, and workers."

It's the newest in a battle between the federal authorities and the world's wealthiest college.

In a press release a Harvard spokesperson stated, "Harvard is way from detached on this problem and strongly disagrees with the federal government's findings."

The college says it has taken numerous steps to higher defend in opposition to antisemitism and assist Jewish college students on campus.

"We stay dedicated to making sure members of our Jewish and Israeli neighborhood are embraced, revered, and might thrive at Harvard," the assertion stated.

The investigation was accomplished by the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Companies' Workplace for Civil Rights, and its findings define the violations it says occurred on the Cambridge, Mass., campus since Oct. 7, 2023.

"OCR finds that particular and repeated examples uncovered throughout our investigation set up a sample of illegal and unchecked discrimination at Harvard," the report says.

Earlier this yr Harvard created its personal process pressure to analyze antisemitism on campus, and lots of examples and quotes from that report have been cited within the federal OCR evaluate.

Harvard has already had greater than $2 billion in federal funds canceled or frozen and is at present suing the administration. A listening to for that trial is ready for mid July.