Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million to restore federal research funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school.Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff announced the agreement Friday. The New...
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Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million to restore federal research funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school. Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff announced the agreement Friday. The New York-based university will pay $30 million directly to the U.S. government and another $30 million toward agriculture and farming research programs. The agreement upholds the university’s academic freedom while restoring more than $250 million in research funding that the government withheld amid investigations into alleged civil rights violations, Kotlikoff said. IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS RECEIVED $6.4 BILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING IN 2024 "The decades-long research partnership between Cornell and the federal government is critical to advancing the university’s core mission and to our continuing contributions to the nation’s health, welfare, and economic and military strength ," he said. "This agreement revives that partnership while affirming the university’s commitment to the principles of academic freedom, independence and institutional autonomy that, from our founding, have been integral to our excellence," he added. Kotlikoff said the agreement recognizes Cornell’s right to independently establish its own policies and procedures, choose whom to hire and admit, and determine what is taught without government monitoring or approval. FOX NEWS ‘ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED’ NEWSLETTER: FULL LIST OF STUDENTS DETAINED OVER CAMPUS HATE The six-page agreement requires the university to comply with federal civil rights laws, including those involving antisemitism and racial discrimination. In addition, the university agreed to provide the Department of Justice’s "Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination" as a training resource to faculty and staff, and will continue to conduct annual surveys to evaluate the campus climate for Cornell students. "Recipients of federal funding must fully adhere to federal civil rights laws and ensure that harmfu…