Harvard University president takes 25% pay cut amid Trump administration funding freeze

Harvard University President Alan Garbar agreed to reduce voluntarily in the salaries of the academic year 2025-26, amid discounts in the financing imposed by the Trump administration, which amounted to about $ 2.2 billion.

A Harvard Fox News spokesman told the reduction of wages, adding that other leaders throughout the institution are offering their voluntary contributions, given the great challenges facing the school.

The university announced the employment pause in March, as it requires “schools and administrative units to examine the estimated and informal spending, re -evaluated the scope of capital renewal projects and their timing, and a strict review of any new multiple years of years,” noted by spokesperson for a spokeswoman.

In addition, schools within the Central Administration at Harvard University announced that there will be no wage increase for faculty and employees for the fiscal year 2026, which lasts from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. The school also stopped unnecessary capital projects and spending.

Harvard University is suing the Trump administration to “illegal” budget discounts

This is not the first time that Garber has taken a voluntary wage reduction. In April 2020, the attached Garper at the time assumed a 25 % voluntary reduction as the school faced financial challenges resulting from the epidemic.

Harvard Qarmat said that former presidents had reached one million dollars annually.

Harvard University has become a target of Trump’s broader suppression of universities, many of which respond to anti -Israel unrest last year that erupted in universities throughout the country.

Trump has frozen financing for Harvard University. The money for these universities may also be on the cutting block

Harvard University has announced a employment pause in March, and also asked “schools and administrative units to audit estimated and informal spending, re -evaluating the scope of capital renewal projects and their timing, and making a strict review of any new multi -year new obligations,” according to a spokesman for a spokesperson. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

On April 11, the Trump administration sent a message to a member of Garber and Harvard Corporation Beny Pritzker, determining the Foundation’s failures and a list of demands from the White House. In the thesis, the Harvard University administration was accused of failing to support civil rights laws and enhance “an environment that produces intellectual creativity.”

The Trump administration has threatened to withdraw federal financing if Harvard University did not reach the rule and leadership, as well as employment and admission practices by August this year. The message emphasized Harvard’s need to change the international admission process to avoid accepting students who are “hostile” for American values, support terrorism, or anti -Semitism.

Harvard University President says he “has no choice” but to fight the Trump administration

President Donald Trump Harvard targeted by freezing its federal financing, and the university filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in response. (Getty Images | Istock)

Harvard University refused to comply with the demands, as Garbar said that “a government should not dictate … what private universities can study, who can accept and employ them, and the fields of study and investigation that they can follow.”

The Trump administration then freezed $ 2.2 billion from financing to Harvard and is said to be looking to reduce one billion dollars, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Click here to get the Fox News app

The university later filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on “illegal” money freezing.

Greg Norman and Andrea Margolis of Fox News Digitter contributed to this report.