Columbia University is in 'good faith' negotiations with the Trump administration to regain federal funding, after Harvard rejected the administration's demands to audit 'viewpoint diversity' among other overhauls. Columbia's interim president, Claire Shipman, stated that the school would not compromise on its commitment to academic freedom. The Trump administration has threatened universities over their handling of pro-Palestinian protests, claiming that antisemitism flared amid the protests. Harvard President Alan Garber rejected the administration's demands, stating that they violated the school's constitutional free speech rights and the Civil Rights Act. The Trump administration's Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism has frozen contracts and grants to Harvard worth more than $2 billion. Columbia will continue discussions with the U.S. Justice Department's antisemitism task force, but Shipman stated that certain demands, such as changes to shared governance and addressing 'viewpoint diversity,' were 'not subject to negotiation.' Former U.S. President Barack Obama praised Harvard's response and called for other institutions to follow suit. President Trump threatened to seek an end to Harvard's tax-exempt status if it continued pushing what he called 'political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting 'Sickness?'