WASHINGTON - Harvard will not receive new federal grants until a series of requirements of President Donald Trump’s administration is met, the Education Department announced Monday.

The action was proposed in a letter to the president of Harvard University, and is equivalent to a major escalation in Trump's battle with the Ivy League schools. The administration had previously frozen $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard University, while Trump worked to strip him of his tax-exempt status.

Harvard has delayed the administration’s demands and, as Trump attempts to force universities to impose change, said it has become a hotbed of liberalism and anti-Semitism.

Harvard will not receive new federal grants until it “expresses responsible university administration” and meets federal requirements for a range of subjects, an education department official said in a news call. It applies to federal research grants, not obtained by federal financial aid students to help pay for tuition.

Officials spoke on anonymous and could preview the decision on a phone call with reporters.

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Officials accused Harvard of “serious failures” in four areas: anti-Semitism, racial discrimination, abandonment of strictness and diversity of perspectives. To obtain the new grant, Harvard needs to negotiate with the federal government and prove that it has met the government's requirements.

The government has called for a series of changes to campus policy, including reforms to combat protesters and pursue more diversity of perspectives among teachers.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon accused the school of recruiting foreign students who despise the United States in a letter to unanimous Harvard president on the week

"Harvard laughed at the country's higher education system," McMahon wrote.

The Harvard president has previously said he will not meet the government's requirements. The university sued its funds for freezing last month.

The Harvard University lawsuit claims funds freeze “arbitrary and capricious”, saying it violated its First Amendment rights and the statutory provisions of Chapter 6 of the Civil Rights Act.

The Trump administration has previously said Harvard needs to meet a range of conditions to retain nearly $9 billion in grants and contracts.

The school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a $53 billion donation, the largest in the country. Throughout the university, federal funding accounts for 10.5% of revenue in 2023, excluding financial aid such as grants and student loans.