Harvard professors sue over Trump's review of $9 billion in funding
Source: Reuters
April 12, 2025 4:45 PM EDT Updated 2 hours ago
BOSTON, April 12 (Reuters) - Harvard University professors are suing to block the Trump administration's review of nearly $9 billion in federal contracts and grants awarded to the Ivy League school as part of a crackdown on what it says is antisemitism on college campuses.
The Harvard faculty chapter of the American Association of University Professors and the national arm of the academic organization said in a lawsuit filed on Friday in a Boston federal court that the administration was trying to unlawfully undermine academic freedom and free speech on the school's campus.
The U.S. Department of Justice, which is defending the administration's policies in court, did not respond to a request for comment on Saturday. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Harvard declined to comment. Several elite universities including Harvard have seen their federal funding threatened by President Donald Trump's administration over pro-Palestinian campus protests as well as other issues such as diversity, equity and inclusion programs and transgender policies.
The U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services along with the U.S. General Services Administration on March 31 said that $255.6 million in contracts between Harvard, its affiliates and the federal government were being reviewed, along with $8.7 billion in multi-year grant commitments.
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Link to SUIT (PDF) - https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/gdvznjkykvw/harvard_lawsuit.pdf