The letter comes just weeks after Trump yanked roughly $400 million in grants and contracts from Columbia University, citing the school’s noncompliance with anti-discrimination laws.

The Thursday letter follows an announcement earlier in the week that nearly $9 billion of the school’s federal grants and contracts is under review. The demands include slashing DEI programming and cooperating with law enforcement officials.

Harvard University must eliminate its diversity, equity and inclusion or DEI program and ban masked protesters from campus demonstrations, if the school wants to keep its federal funding, the White House confirmed.

Three federal agencies are reviewing nearly $9 billion in contracts and grants between the government and Harvard University over the school’s response to antisemitism.

Trump administration demands Harvard end DEI programs, ban masks at protests to keep billions in federal funding

Human rights advocates and academic experts have condemned the moves as an assault on free speech and academic freedom.

The Trump administration lays out its demands for Harvard to combat antisemitism in order to keep receiving federal funding, including banning masks.

Harvard employees 18,000 Massachusetts residents, and the Trump administration’s threats to the university are also a threat to Greater Boston’s economy.

The Trump administration is using antisemitism as a pretext to stifle dissent and dismantle the colleges they see as hostile to their worldview.