Trump Administration Disqualifies Harvard From Future Research Grants

[Zorro]

Source: New York Times

A letter from Linda McMahon, the education secretary, said university leaders must demonstrate more responsible management before receiving additional federal grants.

The Trump administration on Monday sought to force Harvard University back to the negotiating table by informing the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college that it would not be eligible for any new federal grants.

That decision was relayed in a contentious letter to Alan M. Garber, the president of Harvard, from Linda McMahon, the education secretary, who blasted the school for “disastrous mismanagement.”

“This letter is to inform you that Harvard should no longer seek grants from the federal government, since none will be provided,” Ms. McMahon wrote in the letter.

It was the first significant response from the administration since Harvard sued to challenge the government’s decision to cut billions of dollars in research funding after the university defied demands for intrusive oversight.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/trump-harvard-research-grants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE8.dtrK.IHiVri4Rbyu9&smid=url-share

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God I hate these arrogant assholes.

[Bayard]

1. "disastrous mismanagement."

Name an example, please.

It does sound like the current condition of our federal government. Many examples.

[TommyT139]

3. Fill in the blank quiz question:

Every accusation is a ____________.

[SunSeeker]

2. Obvious violation of the 1st Amendment. Harvard should add this latest act to their lawsuit.

Truly disgusting.

[pfitz59]

4. Jail them all!

Every agent of chaos in this Admin needs to rot in prison, sans every penny they grifted during this disgusting debacle.

[usonian]

5. Not your milquetoast article. Arstechnica takes the gloves off.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/trump-administration-cuts-off-all-future-federal-funding-to-harvard/

The ongoing war between the Trump administration and Harvard University has taken a new twist, with the government sending Harvard a letter that, amid what appears to be a stream-of-consciousness culture war rant, announces that the university will not be receiving any further research grants. The letter potentially suggests that Harvard could see funding restored by "complying with long-settled Federal Law," but earlier demands from the administration included conditions that went well beyond those required by law.

The letter, sent by Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, makes it somewhat difficult to tell exactly what the government wants, because most of the text is a borderline deranged rant written in florid MAGA-ese. You don't have to go beyond the first paragraph to get a sense that this is less a setting of funding conditions than an airing of grievances:

Instead of using these funds to advance the education of its students, Harvard is engaging in a systemic pattern of violating federal law. Where do many of these "students" come from, who are they, how do they get into Harvard, or even into our country—and why is there so much HATE? These are questions that must be answered, among many more, but the biggest question of all is, why will Harvard not give straightforward answers to the American public?

Does Harvard have to answer these questions to get funding restored? It's unclear.

Same ghostwriter at work?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Harvard corrected McMahon's letter

If a lawyer reviewed this letter, they need to look for a different profession

Link to tweet

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. Dear Ms. McMahon...