The US government has frozen the funding of 2.3 billion Dollars to Harvard University after the institution rejected the Trump administration’s demand to dismantle its diversity, equity, and inclusion programmes. The development came after the US Education Department sent a letter on Friday with a list of demands to fight antisemitism on campus, including changes to governance, hiring practices, and admissions procedures. In response, Harvard President Alan Garber accused the administration of overreach and asserted that no government should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and enquiry they can pursue.