Trump initially said a deal had been reached but then said officials were “close to finalizing” the agreement. A woman walks through Harvard Yard at Harvard University, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. In a letter to Harvard, federal officials said the campus was “overrun by an impermissible, multiweek encampment” that left Jewish and Israeli students fearful and disrupted their studies. Trump has previously signaled that a deal with Harvard was close only to see weeks pass with no resolution to the standoff. The administration previously reached settlement agreements with Columbia and Brown universities to resolve civil rights investigations and restore their federal research funding.