"The Task Force will review the more than $255.6 million in contracts between Harvard University, its affiliates and the Federal Government. The review also includes the more than $8.7bn in multi-year grant commitments to Harvard University and its affiliates", the Education Department, Department of Health and the General Services Administration said in a joint statement, Reuters reports.

The Trump administration’s announcement of an inquiry into Harvard for allegations of antisemitism comes two months after the university agreed to embrace a controversial definition of "antisemitism". As part of two settlements reached in a US court, Harvard agreed to define antisemitism in a way that, critics say, might punish criticism of Israel.

Two separate groups of students had sued Harvard, saying they faced harassment from fellow students and faculty members, partly stemming from campus protests after Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel and the overwhelming Israeli military retaliation that followed. In its settlement, the university agreed to use a definition that defines antisemitism as "a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews".

 
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