Seven Faulty Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity

In an April 11, 2025, letter to Harvard University President Alan Garber and Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny Pritzker, Trump administration officials from the General Services Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Education outlined the terms of an agreement between the administration and the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. This multi-pronged proposal raised two major questions: Were the government’s complaints against Harvard justified? And was enforcing his reform demands within the limited powers of the federal government?