Harvard’s $500 million settlement rejection could make a huge change in the American education system. In a dramatic standoff with the Trump administration, Harvard University has rejected a $500 million federal settlement offer, choosing legal resistance over compliance. The move is more than a high-profile rebuke; it’s a watershed moment for the future of higher…
US President Donald Trump In an unprecedented reconfiguration of the relationship between higher education and the federal government, several of the United States’ most prestigious universities have capitulated, some quietly, others under public scrutiny—to the hardball tactics of President Donald Trump’s administration. Under threat of losing billions in federal research funding, elite institutions have agreed…
For many, a mid-career return to the classroom is a quiet decision, tucked away from public attention. But when Jessica Chastain, a Juilliard-trained actor and Academy Award winner, stepped onto the Harvard campus this summer, it became a moment that underscored the evolving relationship between fame, learning, and public leadership.Chastain, now 48, has enrolled in…
US President Donald Trump’s administration has sent a letter to Harvard University saying it has referred the university to the US Justice Department to address allegations of “Harvard’s antisemitic discrimination.” In late June, the Trump administration said an investigation had concluded Harvard violated federal civil rights law for failing to address harassment of Jewish and…
Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard. In the hallowed halls of Harvard, ambition is a given. But few stories rival the paths of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, two students who walked away from the Ivy League. Not out of failure or rebellion, but to chase visions that would eventually define the…
DHS demands I-9 documents as Harvard faces sweeping US employment and immigration inquiry Harvard University has confirmed it will submit I-9 employment verification records for nearly 19,000 current and former employees following a formal request by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to an internal email sent to staff. The request forms part…
Harvard’s standoff with the Trump administration tests the price of dissent in American academia. January 2025 wasn’t supposed to read like the script of a dystopian campus drama. Yet, within days of Donald Trump’s second inauguration, American higher education found itself back in the crosshairs. Harvard University, that centuries-old fortress of intellectual prestige, became the…
Harvard University is in talks with the Trump administration to pay up to $500 million in a potential settlement aimed at restoring its access to federal research funding, sources familiar with the negotiations told The New York Times. According to the report, Harvard is reluctant to pay the government directly, though it has expressed a…
The wave of job cuts at America’s top universities is no longer limited to the Ivy League. After recent staff reductions at institutions like Harvard, Columbia, and Princeton, Duke University has now announced layoffs and voluntary separations affecting more than 600 positions. The move places Duke firmly within a growing list of elite institutions that…
Harvard faces greater pressure than Columbia in ongoing US funding negotiations The US President Donald Trump is pressing Harvard University to agree to a larger financial settlement than the $221 million deal struck with Columbia University, according to sources familiar with the ongoing negotiations, as reported by The Harvard Crimson. The talks concern the restoration…