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Harvard University responded Monday to recent threats from the Education Department to halt its grant funding, highlighting reforms it was undertaking but warning it won\u2019t budge on \u201cits core, legally-protected principles\u201d over fears of retaliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A letter from Harvard President Alan Garber detailed how the institution had made significant changes to its leadership and governance over the past year and a half. Among the reforms, Garber said, was a broad \u201cstrategy to combat antisemitism and other bigotry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, the Department of Education threatened a grant freeze in a major escalation of Trump\u2019s battle with the Ivy League school. The administration previously froze $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard, and Trump is pushing to strip the school of its tax-exempt status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garber warned that its efforts to change were being \u201cundermined and threatened by the federal government\u2019s overreach into the constitutional freedoms of private universities and its continuing disregard of Harvard\u2019s compliance with the law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConsistent with the law and with our own values, we continue to pursue needed reforms, doing so in consultation with our stakeholders and always in compliance with the law,\u201d Garber wrote. \u201cBut Harvard will not surrender its core, legally-protected principles out of fear of unfounded retaliation by the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Education Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In call with reporters last week, a Department of Education official accused Harvard of \u201cserious failures.\u201d The person, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said Harvard has allowed antisemitism and racial discrimination to perpetuate, it has abandoned rigorous academic standards, and it has failed to allow a range of views on its campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To become eligible for new grants, Harvard would need to enter negotiations with the federal government and prove it has satisfied the administration\u2019s requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The demands come amid a pressure campaign targeting several other high-profile universities. The administration has cut off money to colleges including Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University, seeking compliance with Trump\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House says it\u2019s targeting campus antisemitism after pro-Palestinian protests swept U.S. college campuses last year. It\u2019s also focused on the participation of transgender athletes in women\u2019s sports. And the attacks on Harvard increasingly have called out the university\u2019s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, along with questions about freedom of speech and thought by conservatives on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harvard has filed a federal lawsuit over the administration\u2019s demands, setting up a closely watched clash in Trump\u2019s attempt to force change at universities that he says have become hotbeds of liberalism and antisemitism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his letter Monday, Garber also attempted to rebut many of the allegations made by the Education Department. He insisted admission to Harvard was based on \u201cacademic excellence and promise\u201d and there were no \u201cquotas, whether based on race or ethnicity or any other characteristic\u201d or an \u201cideological litmus tests\u201d when it comes to hiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garber also dismissed the suggestion that Harvard was a partisan institution and said he wasn\u2019t aware of any evidence suggesting international students were \u201cmore prone to disruption, violence, or other misconduct than any other students.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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