President Donald Trump wants to make sure Harvard University pays for what he called being “very bad.”
At a meeting with his Cabinet on Tuesday, Trump made his demands clear to Education Secretary Linda McMahon.
“We want nothing less than $500 million from Harvard. Don’t negotiate, Linda. They’ve been very bad,” Trump said.
Earlier this month, it was reported Harvard University and the Trump administration were close to reaching a landmark legal settlement that would stipulate the nation’s oldest university pay $500 million in exchange for the government restoring billions in federal funding.
Harvard would agree to invest $500 million in vocational and educational programs and research, according to three people who spoke with The New York Times. Harvard has requested that it not pay the government directly, while the Trump administration would reportedly restore Harvard’s research funding and forgo appointing a monitor — a condition the school has insisted on to preserve its academic independence, sources told the Times.
The university would also commit to continuing its efforts to stamp out antisemitism on campus.
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