What Trump’s Fight With Harvard Is Really About

The Trump administration is escalating its fight with Harvard, pulling multiple levers to pressure America’s oldest and richest university to comply with its demands. Framing his actions in part as an initiative to fight antisemitism, President Donald Trump has been targeting diversity, equity and inclusion as well as educational independence at Harvard and universities across the country. Trump has threatened Harvard’s nonprofit tax status and accreditation, frozen more than $2.6 billion in research funding and moved to cancel about $100 million worth of its federal contracts. He is also trying to bar Harvard from enrolling international students, a key source of revenue. Harvard has been fighting back in court on all fronts. But how long can it resist pressure from Trump?

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00:00 Introduction
01:40 Federal funds
03:16 Tax status
04:53 Student visas
05:35 DEI and civil rights
07:58 What’s next

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