The Department of Education and other agencies are reviewing Harvard University for fostering antisemitism on its campus, Secretary Linda McMahon said Monday.
The president of Harvard conceded he has not been “perfect” in targeting antisemitism and outlined steps the institution would take to protect Jewish students.
In a letter Monday, Alan M. Garber vowed to “engage” with the government’s task force “to ensure that they have a full account of the work we have done and the actions we will take going forward to combat antisemitism.
Harvard, the wealthiest school in the world, sought compromise amid pressure to do more to combat antisemitism. The Trump administration is examining its funding anyway.
A federal antisemitism task force is reviewing more than $255 million in contracts between Harvard and the federal government to make sure the school is following civil rights laws.
Last summer, the Harvard School of Public Health launched an internal review into the partnership, which was between the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights (FXB) and Birzeit, and decided to pause the program. The review committee will release a final report in the coming weeks.
An antisemitism taskforce will review $8.7 billion in multiyear grants and $255 million in contracts to the university and its affiliates