On Monday (July 21), the University of Harvard will invite a federal judge to restore nearly $ 2.5 billion in canceled federal research grants and stop further efforts of Trump’s administration to reduce financing. Hearing in front of the district judge Allison Burroughs is a key moment in a growing legal clash between the world famous university and the White House.
Harvard, the oldest university in the country, says that hundreds of critical research projects are now at risk – from cancer treatment to infectious disease control.
“This case includes the government’s efforts to use federal financing as a leverage to obtain control of academic decision -making in Harvard,” the university said in its court proceedings. “Everyone said that the compromise of Harvard and other universities was clear: allow the government to micromanage your academic institution or threatening the ability of the institution to perform medical breakthroughs, scientific discoveries and innovative solutions.”
The White House says schools must take action against anti -Semitism
Trump’s administration claims that cuts of financing are justified and not retaliatory.
“The design of Trump’s administration is simple and healthy,” said the White House spokesman Harrison Fields. “Don’t let anti -Semitism and Dei manage your campus, do not break the law and protect the civil freedoms of all students.”
According to Fields, Harvard did not meet the requirements of the federal anti -Semitist working group in a letter from April 11, which demanded extensive changes in proceedings, hiring, acceptance and academic programming.
Harvard calls to reduce retaliation
Harvard claims that he has taken meaningful steps to support Jewish and Israeli students who faced what President Alan Garber called “the treatment and forgiven” treatment after the arrival of the Israeli War in October 2023.
The administration’s efforts go far beyond the campus security, said Garber said, adding that they were an illegal attempt to regulate the intellectual conditions on Harvard by checking who we hired and what we teach.
A court clash over jurisdiction, academic freedom
Judge Burroughs is asked to declare the abolition of the illegal grant. However, Trump’s administration claims that Burroughs lacks jurisdiction to hear this case and claim that grant contracts can be canceled unless projects match federal policy.
In response, Harvard emphasized human and national costs: “The government cannot explain how to end research financing to treat cancer, promote veterans and improve national security anti -Semitism,” the university said.
Federal intervention exceeds research grants
Research funding is only one front in the wider effort of Trump’s administration to push the university. Administration has:
Garber warned that the cumulative financial impact could reduce Harvard almost $ 1 billion a year, which would lead to release and freezing hiring.
Harvard, professors will join in a legal challenge
The second lawsuit filed by the US Association of University professors and its chapters at the Faculty of Harvard was consolidated with a university suit and intensified legal and academic consequences.
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