Over the past five months, Harvard University and the Trump administration have clashed in a series of policy disputes. On April 14, the Trump administration froze $2.2 billion of federal funding from Harvard; on April 16, the federal government threatened Harvard’s international student enrollment eligibility; and on April 21, Harvard filed suit against the administration. […]
Three weeks ago, Columbia University announced a $221 million settlement with the Trump administration to resolve alleged violations of anti-discrimination laws and restore research funding. The deal followed months of tension between the federal government and higher education institutions—and may suggest that peer institutions are reaching similar agreements. With the fall semester approaching, post-secondary education […]
After months of resistance against the federal government, Harvard University may soon reach a settlement with the Trump administration. Reports of these deliberations come just weeks after Brown University and Columbia University agreed to settlements to restore withheld federal funding. Persistent funding cuts to post-secondary academic institutions nationwide now total between $6.9 and $8.2 billion. […]
Over the past year, Harvard University and Columbia University have stood at the center of a high-stakes fight with the federal government. Beginning in January 2025 following President Trump’s inauguration, both schools saw major funding streams frozen or pulled as the Trump administration tightened its grip on federal research expenditures. What followed: months of canceled […]
On Aug. 18, pre-freshmen began moving into the Yard for one of Harvard College’s six pre-orientation programs: First-Year Retreat and Experience, First-Year Arts Program, First-Year Outdoor Program, First-Year Urban Program, First-Year International Program, and Leadership Institute for the First-Year Experience. Designed to build connections between incoming students, upperclassmen, and the Harvard community, the ‘pre-frosh’ programming […]
Mexico City residents are frustrated as a result of years of redevelopment in the area. Animosity quickly turned into actionable fury on July 4. Mexico City civilians took to the streets, protesting the sizable influx of foreigners—mostly American—who have relocated and made the area their home. “Gentrification is colonization!” shouted Mexican civilians. Mexican American Harvard […]
Throughout Harvard College’s annual academic calendar, one thing rarely leaves an undergraduate’s mind: summer internships. As the spring semester comes to an end, students anxiously confer with each other about their suitably prestigious occupations, often citing consulting in New York, public policy in Washington, D.C., or start-ups in Silicon Valley. However, not everyone follows Harvard’s […]
On July 3, the Republican-dominated House of Representatives passed President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” in a 218-214 vote. The extensive legislative package has cemented 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act while pulling federal funding from healthcare, social programs, and higher education. Passing the OBBB is a major step toward the Trump administration’s broader agenda […]
On July 2, the undergraduate organization Harvard Students for Freedom began gathering online signatures across the University’s students on a letter urging Harvard to maintain its opposition to legal and political pressures from the Trump administration. After internally circulating for two days, the letter will start publicly gathering student signatures today, July 4. “What we’re […]
On April 16, the Trump administration first threatened Harvard University’s ability to host international students across its 13 schools. After weeks of contention between University leadership and the federal government, foreign undergraduates have started to join administrative push back and speak out against the government’s actions—despite clear federal disdain for international enrollee activism. “A visa […]