Harvard professor reveals university was 'not ready' after Oct 7 as Trump revokes tax-exempt status

An adjunct prof astatine Harvard spoke retired Thursday aft the Ivy League university’s president, Alan Garber, apologized arsenic scathing interior reports exposed that antisemitism and Islamophobia were prevalent connected campus. 

Eugene Litvak, who teaches astatine the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive interrogation that 1 of the nation’s apical universities "was not ready" for the anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic behaviour that has plagued Harvard since the October 7 Hamas onslaught connected Israel.

"Obviously, I was really, truly upset," Litvak told Fox. "What happened astatine Harvard aft October 7th, and [at] the university, successful my opinion, again, that's my idiosyncratic opinion, the assemblage was not acceptable to look these kinds of challenges. None of the universities were ready."

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"I'm commending, actually, the missive from the president of the university," the Harvard prof added. "What I truly like, successful science, we accidental that you cannot lick immoderate occupation unless you formulate it. So helium formulated the occupation successful his letter. He acknowledged that determination is simply a problem. Otherwise, thing would happen."

Harvard president Alan Garber apologized successful a letter Tuesday aft interior reports unveiled antisemitism and Islamophobia’s beingness astatine the Ivy League school. Garber described the findings arsenic "disturbing."

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"I deliberation that's a measurement successful the perfectly close direction," Litvak told Fox News Digital. "I would similar to spot the fruits of it. But again, I was very, precise pleased due to the fact that of the acknowledgment that determination is specified a problem."

Despite Garber’s apology and admission, President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social Friday stating that the medication volition beryllium "taking distant Harvard's Tax Exempt Status," noting "It's what they deserve!" 

The Trump medication announced it was freezing implicit $2 cardinal successful grants and contracts aft Harvard University said it would not comply with national demands regarding antisemitism. (AP Images)

In summation to solving the troubling civilization of 1 of America’s apical universities, the Harvard School of Public Health prof besides stressed the value of addressing the imminent information publically funded healthcare programs similar Medicaid and Medicare face. Litvak, who serves arsenic President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Optimization (IHO), noted that the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cuts to the authorities would not harm the programs.

"I deliberation Medicare and Medicaid are facing danger, careless of what DOGE is doing," Litvak explained. "Medicare really is going to go insolvent successful 2036. It's precise close. And Medicaid is not successful the champion position. I tin archer you, we have, past twelvemonth we had 4.9, this twelvemonth I judge we would person much than $5 trillion spending."

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The prof stated that reducing authorities spending, akin to DOGE cuts, connected healthcare tin beryllium a solution to the looming crisis.

"I hold with the extremity to trim waste. It was a precise timely telephone for discarded reduction. It's much-needed, the Harvard prof added. "Before doing that, if I were making decisions, earlier firing people, I would say, ‘how tin we amended the ratio of what we already have?’"

Litvak said helium supports the determination to "reduce waste." (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

While Litvak pushes for alteration successful the nationalist healthcare space, a acheronian unreality continues to bent implicit the Boston-based assemblage arsenic tensions betwixt the Trump Administration and the Ivy League schoolhouse person shown nary signs of cooling down. 

A suit implicit $2.2 cardinal successful frozen probe grants is inactive ongoing, and the funds whitethorn apt beryllium held up into the summer. Harvard president Alan Garber said the "consequences" of the determination to withhold grants would beryllium "severe and long-lasting", and whitethorn interaction enactment akin to that which Professor Litvak is hoping to accomplish. 

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In effect to the suit, a White House spokesperson told Fox News Digital successful April that the "gravy bid of national assistance to institutions similar Harvard, which enrich their grossly overpaid bureaucrats with taxation dollars from struggling American families is coming to an end."

Preston Mizell is simply a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news. Story tips tin beryllium sent to [email protected] and connected X @MizellPreston