Harvard Columbia Trump university fines settlement template.

The White House is pursuing heavy fines from Harvard and other universities as part of potential settlements to end investigations into campus antisemitism, according to an administration official familiar with the matter. The government’s new settlement with Columbia University is being used as a template in talks with Harvard and other universities, with monetary fines becoming a staple of proposed deals, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. The strategy was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Columbia agreed to pay a $200 million fine to regain access to federal funding.