The Trump administration takes the first steps to restore Harvard funding, but money is not yet
Washington – The University of Harvard said that it began to receive opinions that many federal subsidies interrupted by the Trump administration will be reinstated after a federal judge ruled that the cuts were illegal.
It is an early signal that federal research funding could start to flow to Harvard after months of blocking with the White House, but it remains to be seen if the money will arrive. The government said it would appeal to the judge’s decision.
Reintegration opinions have started to come from several federal agencies, but so far, no payment has been received, Harvard spokesperson Jason Newton said on Wednesday. “Harvard closely monitors financing receipts,” said Newton.
A Federal Judge of Boston ordered the government to overthrow more than $ 2.6 billion in cuts, saying that they were unconstitutional and “used anti -Semitism as a smoke screen” for an ideological attack.
The Trump administration began to reduce Harvard federal research subsidies in April after the Ivy League school has taken over a list of government -wide demands in a federal campus anti -Semitism. Harvard challenged the cuts before the court, calling them reprisals from the illegal government.
Harvard was the main target of President Donald Trump in his campaign to reshape higher education, which led to colonies with Columbia and Brown Universities to end federal surveys and restore federal money cut by the Trump administration.
Trump said he wanted Harvard to pay no less than $ 500 million as part of any transaction to restore funding. He reiterated the request at a meeting of the August cabinet. “They were very bad,” Trump told the education secretary Linda McMahon. “Don’t negotiate.”
Even if the Harvard trial took place, the two parties had negotiated the framework of an agreement which could end the prolonged conflict. So far, such an agreement has been elusive.
The government has opened numerous surveys against Harvard and has attempted a range of sanctions, including measures to prevent school from enrolling international students. A federal judge blocked this decision in June after Harvard continued.
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