Secretary McMahon wants Harvard ‘Return to the Table’ to negotiate with Admin Trump

In the midst of Trump’s administrative feud with Harvard University, Educational Secretary Linda McMahon said he wanted school to come to negotiate with the White House.

“I want Harvard to return to the table to negotiate with us,” McMahon told ABC News on Wednesday. “Their response [to the administration’s demands] It is a lawsuit, but we will continue to talk if they want to talk. “

Leaving his department’s policies and priorities in Capitol Hill, McMahon said the government had actively communicated with Harvard and said the school had complied with some of his orders to end discrimination, including the alleged activities of Dei and Antisemitik.

Harvard has taken steps to overcome alleged antisemitism, including issuing guidelines that clarify non-discrimination and anti-intimidation (NDAB) policy. This school has improved and expanded educational training sessions about Antisemitism through the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.

McMahon said Harvard had an ongoing lawsuit, so that negotiations were held in court.

McMahon faced a series of questions about its mission to close the Ministry of Education for more than three hours of baking before the DPR Education and Manpower Committee on Wednesday, but throughout the trial, he fought for the department’s efforts to combat antisemitism.

“I really think that we are spurred them,” McMahon told Harvard Alum Elise Stefanik, RN.Y., claiming the alleged crisis at Harvard slowly disappeared with the help of administrative pressure campaigns.

“When we started putting teeth into what we did, they finally said fine, we would make some changes and they did it immediately after our investigation.”

The conflict between Trump and Harvard administration came from a multi-agency administrative task force on antisemitism, which freezed more than $ 2 billion in federal funding from the institution. After Harvard refused to meet the government’s demands, claimed Trump had abused his executive authority, the story spinning into a few more steps by the government,

This includes stopping new research grants, investigating Harvard’s legal review for alleged discrimination, and trying to prohibit universities from registering international students.

During his testimony on Wednesday, McMahon said Antisemitism was a violation of civil rights under the Anti-Discrimination Law Title VI, making the difference that pro-Palestinian demonstrations were not a matter of the first amendment.

He said Jewish students were afraid to be on the Harvard campus and the administration worked to give them a safe environment. “

“We want to ensure that students who attend the universities of elite feel safe on campus when they are there and that there is no antisemitism or discrimination any form,” McMahon said.