The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration has begun a different process to bar Harvard from receiving federal grants.
The Office for Civil Rights in the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) told Harvard President Alan Garber it will refer the school “to a process called debarment.”
HHS can debar schools from federal funds if it finds evidence of misconduct, fraud, or violation of federal law.
President Donald Trump and his departments have tried to strip Harvard of funds over the rampant antisemitism on campus.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled that Trump unlawfully canceled $2.2 billion worth of funds for Harvard.
Burroughs claimed that Trump used antisemitism as an excuse to target Harvard.
Trump pulled the funding because Harvard refused to comply with a bunch of demands, such as merit-based hiring reform, discontinuation of DEI, and reforming programs with egregious records of antisemitism or other biases.
Last month, Trump told Education Secretary Linda McMahon that he wants a $500 million settlement from Harvard.
“We want nothing less than $500 million from Harvard. Don’t negotiate, Linda,” he said. “They’ve been very bad. Don’t negotiate.”
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