Settlement Talks Stall Between Harvard and the Trump Administration NYT | Top Stories By: Michael C. Bender, Michael S. Schmidt and Alan Blinder 6 September 2025 at 17:02 One major reason is said to be an emerging divide within the administration over whether the current framework is too favorable to Harvard. © Sophie Park for The New York TimesThe Trump administration has opened more than a dozen federal investigations into Harvard over a variety of targets, from the university’s admissions policies to its patent paperwork.