Grand Theft America / Receipt power-2025-07-23-045
Columbia pays $221 million; Harvard fights and wins
After the administration froze the majority of Columbia's $1.3 billion in federal funding, the university settles: a $200 million fine paid over three years plus $21 million to the EEOC, in exchange for restored access to frozen grants. Harvard, facing its own freeze, litigates and prevails at the trial level.
What happened
After the administration froze the majority of Columbia's $1.3 billion in federal funding, the university settles: a $200 million fine paid over three years plus $21 million to the EEOC, in exchange for restored access to frozen grants. Harvard, facing its own freeze, litigates and prevails at the trial level.
Why it matters
Journalists, inspectors, universities and public media make abuses visible. Pressure on them narrows the independent record the public can use to judge power. It is tracked here under “Bring universities to heel with funding threats”; the classification describes the documented institutional risk, not a claim about motive.
Receipt details
- Phase 1
- Silence the watchdogs
- Bring universities to heel with funding threats
