The Trump administration is freezing more than $1 billion in federal funds to Cornell and $790 million in funding for Northwestern University in response to civil rights investigations at both schools.
“The money was frozen in connection with several ongoing, credible, and concerning Title VI investigations,” a Trump admin official told Fox News.
The pause largely involves grants and contracts to both schools with the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Education and Health and Human Services, two administration officials told the New York Times.
This is the latest move by the Trump administration to yank funding from the nation’s elite Ivy Leagues over noncompliance with anti-discrimination laws.
Cornell and Northwestern did not immediately respond to requests for comment
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