*Harvard University’s Professors, in a lawsuit, accuse United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration of exploiting Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to ‘coerce universities into undermining free speech and academic inquiry in service of the government鈥檚 political or policy preferences’

Gbenga Kayode | 绿帽献妻

Professors at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, Friday, April 11, 2025, instituted a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration over its threat to scrutinise billions of Dollars of Federal funding for the institution.

绿帽献妻 gathered the top academics, in the lawsuit, described the US Government’s threat as an existential 鈥済un to the head鈥� for a university.

Harvard鈥檚 Chapter of the American Association of University Professors filed the lawsuit, accusing the administration of exploiting Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to 鈥渃oerce universities into undermining free speech and academic inquiry in service of the government鈥檚 political or policy preferences.鈥�

Crux of the matter

The US administration has indicated that it will “review” Harvard including $8.7 billion in grants and $225.6 million in contracts, Harvard Crimson report said.

The foremost University in American country reportedly came under scrutiny after the Trump administration indicated that it would seek “major changes” at the country鈥檚 top educational institutions after pro-Palestinian student protests.

The Harvard Professors’ lawsuit stated: 鈥淗arvard, like all American universities, depends on Federal funding to conduct its academic research.”

According to the academics, threats like these from current administration are an existential 鈥済un to the head鈥� for a university.

The Trump administration has targeted billions of Dollars of funding, and the Department of Education already has started probes into 60 schools to see if they鈥檙e failing to protect Jewish students in the country, report stated.