Protesters gather outside a Boston courthouse in July 2025 to rally against the Trump administration’s freezing of contracts and grants to Harvard University. Scott Eisen/Getty Images

Trump administration’s lawsuits against Harvard and UCLA have roots in a decades‑old fight over civil rights law

In 1976, a small Christian college refused to comply with Title IX. The ensuing legal back-and-forth still matters today as the Trump administration places pressure on universities.

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