Alyssa Nadwerny
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The latest investigations by the Trump administration against Harvard come just days after the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the Ivy League school, alleging that the university failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students.
The administration also sued the school over admissions records in a separate case.
In a statement, the university says that Harvard complies with the law in its admissions practices and is reviewing the two new investigations, which it says target Harvard for, quote, refusal to surrender our independence and constitutional rights.
The new complaint filed by lawyers from the U.S.
Justice Department in a federal court in Boston seeks documents related to the Ivy League's admissions process.
Those documents, the government argues, will help demonstrate if Harvard is complying with a 2023 decision by the U.S.
Supreme Court that ruled race-conscious college admissions programs unconstitutional.
In the complaint, lawyers said that the United States was not accusing Harvard of any discriminatory conduct and was not seeking monetary damages or the cancellation of federal funding.
Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The latest fall 2025 enrollment numbers show an uptick of about 20,000 students compared with the fall of 2024.
That's according to the nonprofit National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
While enrollment is slightly up, the biggest takeaway is that where students are going and not going is shifting.
The growth at community colleges was driven by big gains in short-term workforce training programs, while private four-year college and master's programs saw declines.
There was also a big drop in enrollment for international students in graduate programs.
The Trump administration sent a letter to multiple colleges requesting they commit to things like viewpoint diversity, free speech, and rooting out what the administration says is, quote, anti-Semitic and illegal behavior on college campuses.
In response to the memo, the chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents said in a statement, the system was honored that its flagship campus was chosen and, quote, we welcome the new opportunity to working with the Trump administration on it.
This latest attempt at a compact comes after the Trump administration canceled or threatened to cut federal funding for universities over a number of issues, including transgender policies, diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and anti-Semitism.