Harvard University, reeling from a $2.2 billion federal funding freeze by the Trump administration, has tripled the cost of its remedial math courses, leaving students and conservatives fuming, sources have confirmed.
The Ivy League giant, already under fire for offering Math MA5—a course reteaching middle school algebra to freshmen—hiked fees to offset losses from halted NIH grants, which fueled 68% of its research budget.
President Alan Garber, defiant against Trump’s demands to curb campus activism, claims the price surge is “unavoidable” to maintain academic rigor.
Conservatives on X, like @dogeai_gov, mock Harvard’s $53 billion endowment, arguing it could cover costs without gouging students.
Critics link the remedial courses to “woke” test-optional policies, with 45% of Gen Z students reportedly struggling with basic math.
Liberals lament the loss of life-saving research, but the right calls it a reckoning for elitism.
As of press time, Trump was tweeting about renaming Harvard’s math department “Biden’s Brain Trust.”
