Associated Press: “The loss of an estimated $2.6 billion in federal funding at Harvard has meant that some of the world’s most prominent researchers are laying off young researchers. They are shelving years or even decades of research, into everything from opioid addiction to cancer.”

“And despite Harvard’s lawsuits against the administration, and settlement talks between the warring parties, researchers are confronting the fact that some of their work may never resume.”

Harvard University president Alan Garber told faculty a deal between the Ivy League institution and the Trump administration is not imminent – and denied reports that the university is considering a $500 million settlement with the White House, The Crimson reports.

“A group of House and Senate Democrats who attended Harvard are threatening their alma mater with a ‘rigorous’ investigation if the school cuts a deal to end hostilities with President Trump,” Axios reports.

“Brown University will pay $50 million in a deal with the Trump administration that will restore the university’s research funds and settle discrimination complaints,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The deal follows Columbia University’s agreement to pay $200 million to the federal government over three years to settle allegations it violated antidiscrimination law and to restore federal funding.”

“Harvard University has signaled a willingness to meet the Trump administration’s demand to spend as much as $500 million to end its dispute with the White House as talks between the two sides intensify,“ the New York Times reports.

“According to one of the people, Harvard is reluctant to directly pay the federal government, but negotiators are still discussing the exact financial terms.”

“The Education Department is launching an investigation into Duke University and Duke Law Journal, the department announced in a news release on Monday, citing reporting that alleges the university was violating the Civil Rights Act,” CNN reports.

“The Trump administration plans to release more than $5 billion in funding to public schools that it has withheld for nearly a month, a senior administration official said Friday, ending weeks of anxiety and uncertainty for school leaders who had said the freeze jeopardized programs and staffing for the upcoming academic year,” the Washington Post reports.

“The White House is seeking fines from several universities it says failed to stop antisemitism on campus, including hundreds of millions of dollars from Harvard University, in exchange for allowing the schools to access federal funding,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The deal that the Trump administration struck with Columbia University on Wednesday is now a blueprint for negotiations with other universities… Columbia agreed to pay $200 million to the federal government over three years to settle allegations it violated antidiscrimination law and to restore its federal grants.”

“The administration is in talks with several universities, including Cornell, Duke, Northwestern and Brown… though it sees striking a deal with Harvard, America’s oldest university, as a key target.”

“Columbia University reached a deal with the Trump administration, ending a confrontation that disrupted U.S. higher education and sparked a contentious renegotiation of academia’s relationship to the federal government,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“As part of the deal, Columbia will pay $200 million to the federal government over three years to settle allegations the school violated antidiscrimination laws. The school also agreed to settle investigations brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for $21 million.”

“In return, the Trump administration will restore nearly all of the hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants it had pulled from Columbia back in March.“

The State Department has opened an investigation into Harvard University’s eligibility as a participant in the government’s exchange visitor program, further ratcheting up pressure on the Ivy League institution, the Financial Times reports.

“Without much notice, the Education Department has suspended student loan forgiveness under a long-standing repayment plan, offering no timeline for resumption and little explanation for the decision,” the Washington Post reports.

“Income-Based Repayment is one of four federal plans that tie monthly payments to earnings and family size with the promise of loan forgiveness after 20 or 25 years of payments. It is the only income-driven plan that is not affected by a court injunction and, therefore, was the only one still processing loan forgiveness… About 2 million borrowers are enrolled in the plan.”

“The Trump administration and Harvard University will appear before a federal judge on Monday as each party seeks outright victory in their clash over billions of dollars in research money that the government has taken from the school,” the New York Times reports.

“The hearing is likely to be a milestone in a lawsuit that partly hinges on what the government’s role in higher education should be.”

Washington Post: Trump vs. Harvard: A timeline of how the fight escalated.

“Nearly a dozen Senate Republicans are pressing the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in federal education funding from a spending review they say runs counter to President Donald Trump’s promise to empower states to make decisions about their schools,” Politico reports.

“The unusual challenge to the president from lawmakers within his party offers the clearest sign of dissent to-date from within conservative ranks after the Education Department halted the distribution of roughly $7 billion in grants for after-school programs, teacher training initiatives, migrant student education and other initiatives on July 1.”

Columbia University could settle with the Trump administration as soon as next week, paying hundred of millions of dollars in fines and implement various “reforms” to re-start cut off federal funding, the New York Times reports.

Harvard University’s ongoing legal battles with the White House could cost it $1 billion a year, Bloomberg reports.

“The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees,” the AP reports.

“With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court on Monday paused an order from U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston, who issued a preliminary injunction reversing the layoffs and calling into question the broader plan.”

“The federal government is retreating from its central role in financing higher education,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“President Trump’s big tax-and-spending law includes new restrictions on how much students can borrow and how they repay. The provisions begin to reverse the government’s near takeover of the $1.7 trillion student lending market over the past six decades.”

“As a result, families are reassessing the costs and risks of college. Many are likely to turn to private lenders, which typically charge higher interest rates and require creditworthy cosigners. Those lenders recently accounted for some 8% of outstanding loans.”