Harvard University is willing to meet the Trump administration’s demand to shell out up to $500 million to resolve its ongoing dispute, a sum more than twice as much as Columbia University paid last week, The New York Times reported Monday.
Columbia agreed to pay $221 million to resolve its dispute with the Trump administration, with $200 million paid to the Treasury until the White House decides how to spend it, according to the report.
Harvard, however, is balking at paying hundreds of millions directly to the federal government, according to the report. Talks are ongoing between the Trump administration and the Ivy League school.
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