Northwestern University is waving the white flag amid an intense legal battle with the Trump administration over antisemitism.
Northwestern University agreed to send $75 million to the U.S. government to resolve a series of investigations into antisemitism, according to a report from The Associated Press on Saturday.
In return, the Trump administration will restore millions of dollars in federal research funding to the Chicago university.
This is a major victory for Trump, who is going to battle with dozens of prestigious universities that allowed brazen and violent pro-Palestinian protests that often resulted in violence and intimidation against Jewish students.
With Northwestern capitulating, other universities are likely going to see the writing on the wall and recover what they can.
Trump used hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to wage war on Northwestern's leftist leadership.
Trump halted an astounding $790 million in grants, which led to mass layoffs for the university and even the resignation of President Michael Schill in September.
The AP reported, "Under the agreement announced Friday night, Northwestern will make the payment to the U.S. Treasury over the next three years. Among other commitments it also requires the university to revoke the so-called Deering Meadow agreement, which it signed in April 2024 in exchange for pro-Palestinian protesters ending their tent encampment on campus."
2024 saw widespread campus takeovers by Palestinian protest groups who would create no-go zones and get violent with students who wouldn't cooperate with their agenda, Jewish or not.
One can only imagine the reaction if White Nationalist groups had created encampments and essentially seized entire quads on university campuses around the nation while intimidating and violently attacking students.
No doubt the National Guard would have been called in, and police would have been given carte blanche to drive those groups out. In reality, these universities ended up negotiating with these protestors and widespread antisemitism was practically condoned at universities receiving federal funds.
Trump has rightfully come down on these leftist universities for allowing this situation, and now these universities will have to spend millions on Trump's initiatives to rectify the situation.
This issue isn't just about antisemitism on college campuses, as Trump has made it clear he has no patience for the "woke" rule of America's university system. The days of universities being able to push out conservative thought are over, with the federal government cracking down.
Now the question is, which university is going to throw in the towel next? It's always been clear that if enough schools give in, it will only empower Trump's use of federal power to enforce institutional change at publicly funded universities.
