Harvard and the Trump administration are in the thick of negotiations to restore the university\u2019s funding, moving closer to a deal but with nothing set in stone. <\/p>\n
A source familiar with the discussions told The Hill there are still real barriers that need to be overcome but that a deal is \u201cclose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Currently, the outline of a deal is looking like Harvard will pay $500 million to educational and vocational programs as one of the actions to restore federal funding and have all federal investigations dropped against it, sources told The New York Times<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n One difficult hurdle to get over, the outlet reported, is the Trump administration\u2019s desire to have access to Harvard\u2019s admission data, including a breakdown of the numbers by race and test scores. The nation\u2019s oldest and richest university also does not want a monitor overseeing compliance with the deal. \u00a0<\/p>\n Both conditions were agreed to by Columbia<\/a> and Brown<\/a>, the only universities so far to reach a deal with the administration to restore funding. \u00a0<\/p>\n Harvard has had more complicated negotiations than other schools as it was the only one to fight back with two lawsuits<\/a> over funding cuts and President Trump\u2019s desire to take away the university\u2019s ability to have foreign students. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n