(JNS) The Trump administration plans to cancel all remaining federal contracts—estimated at around $100 million—with Harvard University, according to a U.S. General Services Administration letter obtained by the New York Post.
The memo, sent to federal agencies on Tuesday, May 27, instructs the entities to provide a report by June 6 on contracts with Harvard that it has or will cut off and to “seek alternative vendors for future services where you had previously considered Harvard.”
The move comes one day after U.S. President Donald Trump wrote that he is thinking of taking $3 billion in grant money from “a very antisemitic” Harvard and investing it in trade schools across the country.
The General Services Administration wrote that Tuesday’s action is in part due to the Ivy League school’s inaction to crack down on campus antisemitism and “race discrimination” in its admissions process. (JNS sought comment from the General Services Administration.)
“In light of this deeply troubling pattern, each agency should consider its contracts with Harvard University and determine whether Harvard and its services efficiently promote the priorities of the agency,” the memo states. “We recommend that your agency terminate for convenience each contract that it determines has failed to meet its standards, and transition to a new vendor those contracts that could be better serviced by an alternative counterparty.”
The letter is the latest in a series of actions from the Trump administration against Harvard, with officials warning that Harvard would not be eligible for additional federal funds due to antisemitism, racial discrimination, abandonment of rigor and a lack of viewpoint diversity, the Post reported.
Additional funding had already been revoked with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s cancellation of $2.7 million in grants to the school in April and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recent cancellation of $60 million in CDC-related grants.
Earlier this month, Alan Garber, president of Harvard, declined to appear at a U.S. Senate hearing focused on “issues in higher education.”
