HHS Finds Harvard in Violation of Title VI Over Antisemitism on Campus

If there aren't some long faces around Harvard Yard this morning, there ought to be. On Monday, Education Secretary Linda McMahon took to her official X account to announce that the Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights has found Harvard University in violation of Title VI due to indifference - I would argue tacit support of - overt acts of antisemitism on campus.

Today, @HHSOCR found that Harvard is in violent violation of Title VI due to their persistent indifference toward Antisemitism on campus.

The Trump Administration’s work to restore equal enforcement of civil rights on American campuses continues. pic.twitter.com/1vsoqaOlnz
— Secretary Linda McMahon (@EDSecMcMahon) June 30, 2025

The attached document states in part:

Today, the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism is notifying you that the Office for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Health and Human Services has concluded its Title VI investigation regarding anti-Semitism at Harvard University. After a thorough investigation, HHS OCR finds that Harvard University is in violent violation of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin.

They are in violent violation, no less, as befits a case where there have been acts of violence.

In a White House press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt presented more details.

🚨NEW — Harvard University is in VIOLATION of Title 6 of the civil rights act which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, & national origin.

"The investigation found:

The majority of Jewish students reported that they experienced negative bias or… pic.twitter.com/QF76JftMe7
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 30, 2025

Some examples from that statement:

The investigation found:
The majority of Jewish students reported that they experienced negative bias or discrimination...while a quarter of Jewish students at Harvard felt physically unsafe...
Jewish and Israeli students were assaulted and spit on...
They hid their kippahs for fear of being harassed...
Images were widely circulated...including one that showed a dollar sign inside of a star of David...
Vandalized with anti-Semitic stickers including one that showed the Israeli flag with a swastika...
Violent protests that violated the university’s rules of conduct...
The demonstrations called for genocide and murder, denied Jewish and Israeli students access to campus spaces...

This is horrific and shocking behavior for an institution that is, supposedly, an elite establishment of education - or, it was. And this isn't the only such Ivy League/elite university where such unforgivable behavior is taking place.

Education Secretary McMahon: Columbia University Violated Federal Civil Rights Law During Protests

When he re-assumed office, one of Donald Trump's stated goals was the abolition of the Department of Education. That's a good goal; there's no constitutional justification for the federal government to be involved in education, at any level. And, we might note, that it is Health and Human Services, not the Department of Education, that is bringing these actions against Harvard.

And for once, federal intervention is justified. The kind of things we have seen happening on American college campuses is unforgivable; it has become a nationwide problem, and as long as the government is involved in education, and is providing funding to these institutions, then it is also the federal government that should be stamping the brakes on this kind of hate-filled horse squeeze.

As for the perpetrators of this hate, a few jail sentences would seem to be in order.

Editor's Note: This article was updated post-publication to note that the title at issue is Title VI, rather than Title IX. We regret the error.

Editor's Note: President Trump is fighting to dismantle the Department of Education and ensure America's kids get the education they deserve.

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