Harvard and White House talks stumbled to reach a quick settlement

According to a person who is familiar with the matter, the discussions between Harvard University and the White House stumbled, threatening to expand the confrontation that is a shadow of the University’s financial circumstances, and the plans of foreign students are disrupted. The person, who asked not to be identified due to the privacy of the discussions, indicated that the possible agreement was subject to a setback last week, despite the continued hope that an settlement could be reached. Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The US administration, led by Trump, raised its pressure on Harvard on Monday morning, as it indicated a federal investigation that the University had gained the Civil Rights Act regarding its dealings with Jewish and Israeli students. The government said in a letter addressed to University President Alan Garper: “In order not to make sufficient changes immediately, the University of all federal financial resources will be deprived.” The administration has already canceled a federal funding for Harvard’s research of more than $ 2.6 billion and threatened to cancel the tax -exempt status, trying to prevent her from registering foreign students. Trump said earlier this month that he would reach an agreement with the university after months of criticism. “They acted very appropriately during these negotiations, and they seem to be committed to doing what is right. If a settlement is reached according to the foundations currently being discussed, they will be incredibly historic and very useful to our country,” Trump said in a post about the “truth social” platform on June 20. While Trump’s attacks increased, Harvard responded by filling out lawsuits against the government in protest against the freezing of federal bursaries and preventing foreign students from preventing registration. University president Alan Garbar, a Jew, expressed doubts about the intent of the administration in serious cooperation to confront anti -Semitism, while the university accused the government of imposing “unconstitutional demands” that would destroy the freedom of academic research. The White House focused on Harvard for months as the main purpose of his campaign to reform the higher education system. Although the attack began to accuse the University of the encouragement of anti -Semitism, it later expanded to include accusations of political prejudice and to promote diversity initiatives in employment and admission to the university. The confrontation with Harvard is part of a broader campaign led by political adviser and deputy head of the White House employees for political matters, Stephen Miller. The campaign also contains other prestigious universities such as “Colombia”, “Cornell” and “North Western”. “Virginia” president James Ryan announced his resignation last week instead of confronting the federal government, in light of investigations by the Trump administration on the university’s efforts related to diversity, justice and inclusion.