Since returning to the White House, Trump has sought to bring several universities to heel over claims they tolerated anti-Semitism on their campuses, threatening their budgets, tax-exempt status and the enrollment of foreign students.
The lawsuit calls for a funding freeze and conditions imposed on federal grants to be declared unlawful, arguing the measures amount to political interference aimed at compromising the Ivy League institution’s independence.
His broadside came a day after he issued an executive order targeting higher education, upending how federal authorities decide which universities and colleges can access billions of dollars from certain grants and student loans.
Anti-Semitism claims
The administration claims protests against Israel’s war in Gaza that swept across US college campuses last year were rife with anti-Semitism.
Harvard President Alan Garber said that Trump’s administration had launched “numerous investigations” into the university’s operations.
In the case of Harvard, the White House is seeking unprecedented levels of government control over the inner workings of the country’s oldest and wealthiest university -- and one of the most respected educational and research institutions in the world.
In Wednesday’s executive order, Trump decreed that “American students and taxpayers deserve better, and my Administration will reform our dysfunctional accreditation system so that colleges and universities focus on delivering high-quality academic programs at a reasonable price.”
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