Reporting alleges the Justice Department under the current administration pressured lawyers to “find” evidence that UCLA had tolerated antisemitism in its programs, escalating scrutiny of campus speech and prompting questions about due process. The piece detailed internal pressure and how the government’s investigative posture influenced public narratives about university conduct. Separately, Harvard announced that Mary Bassett will step down as director of the François‑Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights in January after months of criticism of the center’s Palestine programming. Harvard said it will shift FXB’s primary focus toward children’s health; an interim director was named and the university flagged concerns raised in internal reviews. Taken together, the DOJ reporting and the Harvard leadership change underscore how federal scrutiny and campus complaints are shaping staffing and program decisions at elite institutions, with implications for partnerships, donor relations and federal funding.