The Trump administration escalated its fight against Harvard on Friday, putting Ivy League schools under additional financial surveillance and threatening sanctions if they do not provide additional data on admissions practices.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the department has placed Harvard on “enhanced cash surveillance,” forcing schools to spend their own money to pay students financial aid and seeking a government refund.
She also threatened “additional enforcement measures” if the school took over the records and did not take over the records to prove that it no longer considered the race of admission.
Harvard did not respond to requests for comment.
Movement is part of it Administration crackdown on Harvard Just as President Donald Trump tries to eradicate what he describes as liberal prejudice at universities around the country. Since taking office, Trump has used the education sector in an unprecedented way. Reduce school federal research grants It is added to his administration’s demands and will not push the university Paying a massive amount of cash settlement to close federal investigations.
Trump administration at Harvard Federal research funds cut $2.6 billion After the administration spurred demands from schools for governance and management to wipe out change in student disciplinary policies.
In a lawsuit filed by federal judge Harvard this month I ordered the government to recover fundssays the administration was engaged in “an ideologically motivated attack on the country’s finest universities.” On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services eliminated $46 million in Harvard research funding, the university said.
The Department of Education is also investigating Harvard admissions practices as part of a broader effort. I’ll force a university To prove that they are not using race to evaluate applicants. Harvard said it did not meet all requests for information about applicants and hospitalized students.
A group of students sued Harvard in 2014, claiming that its admissions policy was unfairly disadvantaged with white and Asian students. The case was settled by the Supreme Court in 2023, banning the consideration of race in university admissions.
Harvard’s finances are also facing new scrutiny. McMahon said he is concerned about the school’s financial well-being as federal funds are under threat. Harvard University has a $53 billion contribution. This is the biggest of any university.
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