Saturday, March 15, 2025

Removing Federal Funding 3-15-25

Colleges and Universities who have allowed pro-Hamas protests are in danger of having their Federal Support removed. Columbia University is the first to have $400 million in Federal Funding removed. Boston University, Emerson, Harvard, Tufts, UMass Amherst and Wellesley College all received letters from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, warning them money could be pulled if they don’t protect Jewish students. 

Duke would be among the hardest hit. In its previous fiscal year, Duke took in $580 million in NIH grants and contracts, 11th most among the country's research institutions. The cuts are delayed temporarily by a court challenge, but universities nationwide have implemented hiring freezes, scaled back research and drawn up contingency plans in case the loss in funding takes effect.

Harvard, Yale among 60 colleges warned of fund cuts over antisemitism claims.

The schools that received letters from the Office for Civil Rights include:  

1.    American University 

2.    Arizona State University 

3.    Boston University 

4.    Brown University 

5.    California State University, Sacramento 

6.    Chapman University 

7.    Columbia University 

8.    Cornell University 

9.    Drexel University 

10. Eastern Washington University 

11. Emerson College 

12. George Mason University 

13. Harvard University $686M

14. Illinois Wesleyan University 

15. Indiana University, Bloomington 

16. Johns Hopkins University $800M

17. Lafayette College 

18. Lehigh University 

19. Middlebury College 

20. Muhlenberg College 

21. Northwestern University 

22. Ohio State University 

23. Pacific Lutheran University     

24. Pomona College 

25. Portland State University 

26. Princeton University 

27. Rutgers University 

28. Rutgers University-Newark

29. Santa Monica College 

30. Sarah Lawrence College 

31. Stanford University 

32. State University of New York Binghamton 

33. State University of New York Rockland 

34. State University of New York, Purchase 

35. Swarthmore College 

36. Temple University 

37. The New School 

38. Tufts University 

39. Tulane University 

40. Union College 

41. University of California Davis 

42. University of California San Diego 

43. University of California Santa Barbara 

44. University of California, Berkeley

45. University of Cincinnati 

46. University of Hawaii at Manoa 

47. University of Massachusetts Amherst 

48. University of Michigan 

49. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 

50. University of North Carolina 

51. University of South Florida 

52. University of Southern California 

53. University of Tampa 

54. University of Tennessee 

55. University of Virginia 

56. University of Washington-Seattle 

57. University of Wisconsin, Madison 

58. Wellesley College 

59. Whitman College 

60. Yale University 

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-educations-office-civil-rights-sends-letters-60-universities-under-investigation-antisemitic-discrimination-and-harassment

Harvard is not exactly cash-strapped. It had a revenue base of $6.5 billion, an operating surplus of $45 million and an endowment valued at $53.2 billion in fiscal 2024, all of which should help it weather normal fluctuations in the sector and economy. 

https://www.highereddive.com/news/harvard-university-freeze-hiring-trump-attacks-higher-ed/742211/#:~:text=Federal%20funding%20

Altogether, 658 institutions with combined endowment values of almost $874 billion participated in the voluntary survey, with the median endowment value at $243 million. Nearly a third (30 percent) of the respondents reported an endowment valued at $100 million or less.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/business/financial-health/2025/02/12/endowment-returns-climb-amid-fiscal-uncertainty

Comments

Federal Grants to Universities funded by the US Department of Education should be cut. NIH, DOD and Grants should be competitively bid as contracts. NIH  should focus on RFK’s priorities and restricted to medical research with little or no overhead charges.  

US States, Counties and Cities who refuse to repeal their “Sanctuary” status are also subject to having their Federal Support removed.

Republican state lawmakers in Maine are urging Democrats to repeal the state's policy allowing transgender women to compete in women's sports, warning that failure to act could jeopardize hundreds of millions in public education funding.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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