The White House is pushing Harvard for a major financial settlement in negotiations to restore more than $2 billion in frozen funds, according to a person familiar with the talks — and demanding that Harvard cough up even more than Columbia University did earlier this week.

A deal between Columbia University and the Trump administration calls for the Ivy League school to pay more than $220 million to resolve multiple federal investigations into alleged violations of fed...

For years, under Democratic administrations, the federal government has threatened severe financial sanctions against universities that did not comply with bureaucratic regulations.

The Trump administration is in talks with several schools about future funding following allegations of antisemitism.

Columbia University has struck a deal with the Trump administration to restore federal research funding in exchange for a $200 million settlement and other concessions.

But the college’s deal with the federal government could impact other schools, even if they never agree to — or can’t afford to agree to — paying $200 million, experts say.