Yesterday, Harvard send Sec. McMahon a letter which attempted to walk a fine line between finding common ground with the Trump administration and flipping them the bird. As Ed pointed out here, the administration’s response was to announce another round of funding cuts amounting to nearly half a billion dollars. The message is pretty clear: You’re already in a hole, Harvard. Stop digging!
But even before the funding cuts announced today, the Washington Free Beacon reported yesterday that Harvard was facing a new EEOC investigation, one that could potentially mean big trouble for the school. The investigation was launched last month but hadn’t been reported publicly until yesterday.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating whether Harvard University unlawfully hires faculty based on race and sex, arguing that the school’s own data…
