The U.S. Department of Education is calling on colleges to account for racist and antisemitic incidents on campus—and its move to withhold taxpayer dollars from violators has gotten university officials’ attention.
The University of Michigan just disbanded its multiyear, multimillion-dollar boondoggle in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and Columbia University agreed to align the school with federal guidelines protecting free expression and addressing the harassment of Jewish students.
Next up: Harvard.
Earlier this week, the Education Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the General Services Administration announced a review of the approximately $9 billion in federal grants and contracts awarded to Harvard and local Harvard affiliates like Boston-area hospitals. Federal taxpayers supply more than $255 million in contracts with the…
