which is pushing back on demands for changes to campus policy. The feud between the Republican administration and the nation’s wealthiest college will be closely watched across higher education as the White House uses federal funding as leverage to pursue compliance with its political agenda.

But the impact will be felt most immediately by researchers at the Ivy League school and its partner institutions. While some have cheered Harvard’s stand against demands to crack down on protesters and pursue more viewpoint diversity among faculty, others worry life-saving scientific research will be endangered. Across the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, federal money accounted for 10.5 percent of revenue in 2023, not counting financial aid such as grants and student loans. (Jamaica Gleaner/AP)