The five remaining universities that have not announced a decision on President Donald Trump's higher-education compact have been asked to join a White House call Friday to discuss the proposed deal, according to two people familiar with the matter. The people spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details of the private call. It follows a flurry of rejections from four of the nine universities invited to be "initial signatories" of the agreement. The White House asked university leaders to provide initial feedback by Oct. 20, yet as the deadline approaches, none have signed on to the document.
President Donald Trump's administration is cutting another $450 million in grants to Harvard University a day after the Ivy League school pushed back against government allegations it's a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism. A federal antisemitism task force said in a letter to Harvard on Tuesday it will lose grants from eight federal agencies in addition to $2.2 billion previously frozen by the Republican administration. The letter says Harvard has become a "breeding ground for virtue signaling and discrimination" and faces an "uphill battle" to reclaim its legacy as a place of academic excellence. Harvard disputes the government's allegations, saying it is nonpartisan and has taken steps to root out antisemitism on campus.
