The Trump administration is planning to cancel all remaining federal contracts with Harvard University, a day after the president mused about taking roughly $3 billion in federal funding that had been given to the “very antisemitic” Ivy League university and giving it to trade schools.
The fresh cuts — believed to be worth roughly $100 million — were requested in a memo fired off to federal agencies early Tuesday,
according to a copy obtained by The Post. The administration had already frozen an estimated $3.2 billion in contracts and grants with Harvard.
The Tuesday letter from the US General Services Administration orders agencies to provide a report by June 6 on contracts with Harvard that it
has or will cut off.
It also instructs the agencies to “seek alternative vendors for future services where you had previously considered Harvard.”
The letter blames the move in part on Harvard’s inaction to crack down
on antisemitism on campus, as well as alleged “race discrimination” in its admission process.
“In light of this deeply troubling pattern, each agency should consider
its contracts with Harvard University and determine whether Harvard and
its services efficiently promote the priorities of the agency,” the memo states.
“We recommend that your agency terminate for convenience each contract
that it determines has failed to meet its standards, and transition to a
new vendor those contracts that could be better serviced by an
alternative counterparty.”
Earlier this month, the Trump administration warned that Harvard
wouldn’t be eligible for additional federal funds and cited four main grievances: antisemitism, racial discrimination, abandonment of rigor
and a lack of viewpoint diversity.
Last month, the Trump administration inked a detailed letter to
university president Alan Garver outlining more specific demands,
including merit-based hiring, merit-based admissions, international admissions reform, viewpoint diversity, a crackdown on antisemitism,
stronger whistleblower protections, student discipline reform and an end
to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Officials have been pushing the Ivy League school to enter negotiations
and prove its compliance.
If the agencies find Harvard is the only suitable option, the admin has ordered them to provide a reason why the Ivy League should be kept on
the federal government’s books, according to the Tuesday letter, which
was first reported on by the New York Times.
The move is slated to affect nine agencies, the outlet reported, though
it wasn’t immediately clear which ones.
https://www.scribd.com/document/867898106/Trump-administration-letter-to- Harvard#download&from_embed
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