Condemning antisemitism on campus is nonnegotiable. But what’s happening at Harvard right now is about much more than confronting hate — it’s about whether our universities are for sale to the highest political bidder.

The Trump administration has dangled a $500 million settlement to end its feud with Harvard, but the fine print would reshape how the university operates — from what gets taught, to who oversees faculty, to how students are policed. If Harvard takes this deal without ironclad safeguards, it’s not just selling out its students and professors. It’s setting a precedent: that a White House can use funding as a weapon to force ideological compliance.

We’ve already seen the playbook.

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