The White House has wielded investigations and funding cuts to try to compel Harvard to adopt more conservative values.
As talks between Harvard University and the Trump administration resume on Thursday in Washington over the president’s far-reaching effort to bring the nation’s oldest university to heel, the school’s new negotiator, the billionaire Stephen A. Schwarzman, must navigate a fresh challenge over the government’s multiplying demands on higher education.
Last week, President Trump made a surprise announcement that Harvard and the government were near an agreement that would allow the university to continue to receive billions in research funds. But a day later, his administration sent letters to nine universities that asked campus leaders to embrace a plan that would alig
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