The Trump administration is cutting an additional $450 million in funding from Harvard University over accusations that the higher education institution is failing to properly address antisemitism on its campus.

The decision to pull additional funding from Harvard was made by a joint task force composed of the Education Department and the Department of Health and Human Services, following an investigation they conducted.

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“Harvard’s campus, once a symbol of academic prestige, has become a breeding ground for virtue signaling and discrimination,” the task force wrote in a statement released Tuesday. “This is not leadership; it is cowardice. And it’s not academic freedom; it’s institutional disenfranchisement. There is a dark problem on Harvard’s campus, and by prioritizing appeasement over accountability, institutional leaders have forfeited the school’s claim to taxpayer support.”

The task force determined that “Jewish students were subjected to pervasive insults, physical assault, and intimidation, with no meaningful response from Harvard’s leadership.”

The White House and Harvard have been in a dispute over how the university addresses antisemitism on its campus. In April, the administration froze $2.2 billion in funds.

But now, Harvard President Alan Garber is seeking to get in the Trump administration’s good graces by sharing how the university is pursuing the “needed reforms” in addressing antisemitism on campus in a letter shared Monday. It comes after Education Secretary Linda McMahon wrote Garber a letter last week saying that Harvard would be ineligible to receive new research grants unless the institution falls in line with the administration’s outline on how to combat antisemitism.

“As my colleagues and I have said, we welcome the opportunity to share further information with you about the important work we are undertaking to combat prejudice and to pursue our mission of excellence in teaching, learning, and research,” Garber wrote in his letter.

Harvard filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in April over the $2.2 billion in frozen funds, accusing it of infringing on the university’s First Amendment rights by “imposing viewpoint-based conditions on Harvard’s funding.”

Garber defended the use of the lawsuit against the Trump administration in his letter.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration has made addressing antisemitism on campuses, particularly in the wake of widespread anti-Israel protests and encampments, a top priority. Officials cut $400 million in grants from Columbia University in March over its response to antisemitic events on campus.

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To combat civil rights violations, the Trump administration launched the joint task force among the departments of Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services in February, specifically to root out antisemitism.

The Washington Examiner reached out to Harvard University for comment.