Harvard University is undergoing heightened financial oversight by the Education Department amidst stalled federal research fund negotiations. Simultaneously, Harvard dissolved its undergraduate minority recruitment program, reflecting wider institutional responses to political pressures over identity-conscious initiatives. Former Harvard President Claudine Gay criticized yielding to Trump administration demands. Elsewhere, spirited debates continue over the role of patriotic education in schools and mental health screening policies, with some Trump cabinet members opposing screenings cited as medicalization of student behavior. These controversies underscore the tense intersection of politics, policy, and diversity in American higher education.