"Todd Wolfson, president of the AAUP, said the administration’s appeal is “just a continuation of their shameless campaign to halt critical research funding in an attempt to chill universities and faculty from engaging in any speech, teaching, and research that Donald Trump disfavors.” Harvard has been Trump’s top target in a campaign to leverage federal control of research funding to push for reforms at elite colleges he has decried as overrun by “woke” ideology. Harvard has put up a fight against the government’s wide-reaching demands, even as others like Columbia, Brown and Cornell universities reach deals with the government. Harvard and the White House have continued negotiations amid the legal battle, and Trump has multiple times indicated a resolution was imminent. In September, he said officials were close to a deal that would require a $500 million payment from Harvard to create a “giant trade school” to produce workers for American plants. The deal never materialized and Trump has been quiet on the issue since then."
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Collin Binkley, administration will appeal judge’s order reversing federal funding cuts at Harvard", Associated Press, 19 December 2025
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