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Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit that claimed Harvard failed to protect Jewish students | US news | The Guardian

As well the Judge should.

Harvard dismantled its DEI, gutted its Religion, Conflict and Peace Initiative and fired its faculty that were deemed anti-jeiwsh, settled lawsuits, updated campus use rules, adopted an International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, created a dedicated reporting office and specialized position to handle antisemitism complaints with urgency. implemented mandatory outside training for faculty and staff evaluating bias and hate incidents, recognized Zionism explicitly as a protected category under specific university anti-harassment frameworks


And what was the government seeking? To recover billions of dollars in federal research grants awarded to Harvard since October 2023 on matters that had nothing to do with anything where Jewish students or faculty that were discriminated against. Instead this is smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault.

wifeisafurd said:

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And what was the government seeking? To recover billions of dollars in federal research grants awarded to Harvard since October 2023 on matters that had nothing to do with anything where Jewish students or factually were discriminated against. Instead this is smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault.

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Agreed 100%

This was just a money "grab" by the Trump Administration.
A disgusting example of the arbitrary and capricious weaponization of taxpayer money that is undermining the health of Americans.

Harvard argues Trump admin illegally cut $2.6 billion in research funding | AP News

Look Harvard did some stupid things in the Claudine Gay Administration that pissed off donors and maybe not intentionally, allowed a fair amount of anti-semitism and other biases. They paid a huge price from the donors and in their prestige, and they fixed their problems and in some ways maybe even overcorrected. They have had to make budget cuts and they paid a lot of money in lawsuits. At some point, Harvard has paid the price and shown other schools a good example what not do.

What good does it do to now cut research, a good portion of which btw is for the military or other important government projects? This is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Just dumb. End of sermon.

Trump is absolute garbage!

Harvard is a pro- Semitic enterprise.

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wifeisafurd said:

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Look Harvard did some stupid things in the Claudine Gay Administration that pissed off donors and maybe not intentionally, allowed a fair amount of anti-semitism and other biases. They paid a huge price from the donors and in their prestige, and they fixed their problems and in some ways maybe even overcorrected. They have had to make budget cuts and they paid a lot of money in lawsuits. At some point, Harvard has paid the price and shown other schools a good example what not do.

What good does it do to now cut research, a good portion of which btw is for the military or other important government projects? This is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Just dumb. End of sermon.

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The impact on Harvard's prestige is nil

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Why don't you ever provide some evidence behind your blanket know it all statements? Kinda Trump like.

In fact, even the Harvard President has acknowledged that they lost prestige due to all the controversies, but "that is not permanent." He has stated that "Harvard's deep-rooted academic and research infrastructure remains fundamentally resilient." The Harvard Crimson is constantly complaining about lost is prestige as its President continues on his apology tour. Link: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/5/alan-garber-harvard-president-universities-went-wrong-allowing/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=email_link&utm_source=emai


Drops in USNW&R and Princeton Review, rankings, reductions in applications, reduction in international academic rankings where they have fallen behind, other schools, including Chinese schools, where schools like Oxford, Cal and Stanford have not. I'm not suggesting that these declines means a Harvard degree doesn't carry immense weight - it does. It just means instead of being at the top, Harvard fell behind the competition in terms of what people at Harvard think and outside perception by people who follow these things. What are your credentials to make such a judgment?

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dajo9 said:

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wifeisafurd said:

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Look Harvard did some stupid things in the Claudine Gay Administration that pissed off donors and maybe not intentionally, allowed a fair amount of anti-semitism and other biases. They paid a huge price from the donors and in their prestige, and they fixed their problems and in some ways maybe even overcorrected. They have had to make budget cuts and they paid a lot of money in lawsuits. At some point, Harvard has paid the price and shown other schools a good example what not do.

What good does it do to now cut research, a good portion of which btw is for the military or other important government projects? This is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Just dumb. End of sermon.

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The impact on Harvard's prestige is nil

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Why don't you ever provide some evidence behind your blanket know it all statements? Kinda Trump like.

In fact, even the Harvard President has acknowledged that they lost prestige due to all the controversies, but "that is not permanent." He has stated that "Harvard's deep-rooted academic and research infrastructure remains fundamentally resilient." The Harvard Crimson is constantly complaining about lost is prestige as its President continues on his apology tour. Link: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/5/alan-garber-harvard-president-universities-went-wrong-allowing/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=email_link&utm_source=emai


Drops in USNW&R and Princeton Review, rankings, reductions in applications, reduction in international academic rankings where they have fallen behind, other schools, including Chinese schools, where schools like Oxford, Cal and Stanford have not. I'm not suggesting that these declines means a Harvard degree doesn't carry immense weight - it does. It just means instead of being at the top, Harvard fell behind the competition in terms of what people at Harvard think and outside perception by people who follow these things. What are your credentials to make such a judgment?

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I'm around enough Ivy League people to know the name "Harvard" still carries a weight unequaled by the other Ivies. It's still a conversation stopper unmatched by the others. Maybe the internal academic navel gazers have something to say but that is mostly irrelevant in the bigger picture.

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wifeisafurd said:

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wifeisafurd said:

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Look Harvard did some stupid things in the Claudine Gay Administration that pissed off donors and maybe not intentionally, allowed a fair amount of anti-semitism and other biases. They paid a huge price from the donors and in their prestige, and they fixed their problems and in some ways maybe even overcorrected. They have had to make budget cuts and they paid a lot of money in lawsuits. At some point, Harvard has paid the price and shown other schools a good example what not do.

What good does it do to now cut research, a good portion of which btw is for the military or other important government projects? This is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Just dumb. End of sermon.

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The impact on Harvard's prestige is nil

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Why don't you ever provide some evidence behind your blanket know it all statements? Kinda Trump like.

In fact, even the Harvard President has acknowledged that they lost prestige due to all the controversies, but "that is not permanent." He has stated that "Harvard's deep-rooted academic and research infrastructure remains fundamentally resilient." The Harvard Crimson is constantly complaining about lost is prestige as its President continues on his apology tour. Link: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/5/alan-garber-harvard-president-universities-went-wrong-allowing/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=email_link&utm_source=emai


Drops in USNW&R and Princeton Review, rankings, reductions in applications, reduction in international academic rankings where they have fallen behind, other schools, including Chinese schools, where schools like Oxford, Cal and Stanford have not. I'm not suggesting that these declines means a Harvard degree doesn't carry immense weight - it does. It just means instead of being at the top, Harvard fell behind the competition in terms of what people at Harvard think and outside perception by people who follow these things. What are your credentials to make such a judgment?

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I'm around enough Ivy League people to know the name "Harvard" still carries a weight unequaled by the other Ivies. It's still a conversation stopper unmatched by the others. Maybe the internal academic navel gazers have something to say but that is mostly irrelevant in the bigger picture.

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I'm around enough Harvard grads to know they think they took a hit. Hell, half my wedding party went to Harvard Law. I don't find talking to your Ivy bodies constitutes any reliable evidence as to what prestige a school has. if that is the case welcome to SoCal where all the SC wonks think SC is a prestige school, certaiblhy better than Cal. Again, not saying Harvard isn't a top school - it is. But when their own President says they took a hit, why the hell do I care what your dudes say?

Nothing is as devastating to their prestige as this cheer i recently learned

Knit one
Purl two
Hello Hah-vahd, yoohoo

The President of Harvard is more worried about appeasing a handful of big donors than he is prestige.

I wonder how many quality students Cal loses because it won't let you know if you can be a business major until you are a junior. They lost my daughter over it.

*AI seems to confirm it is still so:
Continuing undergraduate students at UC Berkeley generally apply to the business major during their sophomore or junior year, meaning formal acceptance into the Haas School of Business for those internal applicants isn't finalized until right before junior standing.

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I wonder how many quality students Cal loses because it won't let you know if you can be a business major until you are a junior. They lost my daughter over it.

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When I applied to Haas after 2-years of pre-reqs, we were on the quarter system and only two quarters were open for admission.... Fall and Winter.

I believe Haas received 800 applications and only 85 got in.

I got in.
Everyone else became a PEIS major.

Trust me, the Haas School back then was supposed to be in the Top 3 in the Nation, but its curriculum was a joke.

They literally offered ONE COURSE in Accounting, Finance, Organizational Behavior, Real Estate, Investments, and Micro Econ.

Given today's extensive curriculum, Haas is in another galaxy compared to the early 80's.