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Harvard is facing increasing pressure from the Trump administration after winning back its frozen grants in court.<\/p>\n
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 Office for Civil Rights announced Monday that it\u2019s moving to cut off Harvard University\u2019s eligibility to receive federal funding.<\/p>\n
The announcement comes amid a power struggle between Harvard and the White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While the Trump administration has accused Harvard of allowing antisemitism to run amok on campus\u2014and the university has acknowledged concerns on the front\u2014it has sought sweeping power over the institution and changes that go beyond addressing antisemitism. The HHS Office for Civil Rights previously found that Harvard violated Title\u00a0VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars discrimination based on race, color and national origin, and acted with \u201cdeliberate indifference toward discrimination and harassment against Jewish and Israeli students,\u201d according to an HHS news release.<\/p>\n
Now HHS OCR has recommended cutting off federal funding to Harvard \u201cto protect the public interest\u201d through a suspension and debarment process operated by the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources. Suspension would be temporary and debarment would last \u201cfor a specified period as a final determination that an entity is not responsible enough to do business with the federal government because of the wrongdoing,\u201d according to the agency. The move comes less than two weeks after the Education Department placed Harvard on heightened cash monitoring\u2014a highly unusual move given the university\u2019s significant resources.<\/p>\n
Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cOCR\u2019s referral of Harvard for formal administrative proceedings reflects OCR\u2019s commitment to safeguard both taxpayer investments and the broader public interest,\u201d HHS OCR director Paula M. Stannard said in a statement. \u201cCongress has empowered federal agencies to pursue Title\u00a0VI compliance through formal enforcement mechanisms, including the termination of funding or denial of future federal financial assistance, when voluntary compliance cannot be achieved.\u201d <\/p>\n
Harvard has 20 days to request a hearing in front of an HHS administrative law judge, who will decide whether the university violated Title\u00a0VI.<\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s announcement is the latest salvo by the federal government after Harvard emerged initially victorious in a legal battle over more than $2\u00a0billion in frozen federal research funding. While a judge ruled that the Trump administration illegally froze funds granted to Harvard, the federal government has continued to pressure the private institution to make changes to disciplinary processes, admissions, hiring and more. Other Ivy League institutions, such as Columbia University and Brown University, have agreed to such deals, under federal scrutiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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