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House Committee Opens Investigation Into ‘Harvard’s Disregard’ For Civil Rights, Letter Says

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House Committee Opens Investigation Into ‘Harvard’s Disregard’ For Civil Rights, Letter Says

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The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to Harvard University Thursday announcing an investigation into the school’s alleged noncompliance with civil rights laws after it rejected the Trump administration’s demands to address antisemitism on campus.

Committee Chairman James Comer and House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik are asking the university to submit documents relating to antisemitic events and the disciplinary actions the university enforced as well as any communications and policies relating to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, including any race-based hiring initiatives, according to the letter. The lawmakers plan to investigate what they allege was “Harvard’s disregard for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” the letter says.

“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is conducting oversight of Harvard University’s (Harvard) lack of compliance with civil rights laws despite receiving more than half a billion dollars in federal funds annually,” the letter reads. “Harvard’s potentially improper use of federal funds requires this oversight.”

🚨 THREAD: Harvard took $686 million in 2024 ALONE in taxpayer money—then REFUSED to follow the law.

Chairman Comer (@RepJamesComer) and Chairwoman Stefanik (@RepStefanik) are demanding answers.

Here’s what you need to know ⬇️

— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) April 17, 2025

The Trump administration on April 11 demanded Harvard agree to a list of reforms to the way it handles reports of antisemitic discrimination on campus after a September congressional investigation found that “Harvard failed” to enforce meaningful punishment on nearly 70 students who were involved in a multi-day anti-Israel encampment during the previous spring semester. The changes asked of the school included reforming and better enforcing disciplinary processes for students who participate in antisemitic protests, improving screening of international students for “hostile” views towards America and auditing “programs with egregious records of antisemitism.”

In a public statement Monday afternoon, Harvard declared it “will not surrender” and refused the proposal. The Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, made up of the Department of Education (ED), Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) swiftly revoked over $2 billion in grants to the university hours later. On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) further revoked $2.7 million in grants to the school.

“Harvard is apparently so unable or unwilling to prevent unlawful discrimination that the institution, at your direction, is refusing to enter into a reasonable settlement agreement proposed by federal officials intended to put Harvard back in compliance with the law,” the committee’s letter states. “No matter how entitled your behavior, no institution is entitled to violate the law.”

Harvard received $686 million in taxpayer dollars in fiscal year 2024 despite bringing in $2.4 billion in revenue from its $53.2 billion endowment in the same year, the letter states.

The letter also asks for information relating to “policies regarding the admittance of any student that may have views contrary to
that of the United States (e.g. support for terrorism or antisemitism).”

Harvard did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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