Days after Columbia University agreed to a $221 million settlement with the Trump administration over Jew-hatred on campus, Harvard University is reportedly weighing an agreement more than twice as rich: $500 million, according to news reports.

Two sources told the New York Post about the figure, and The New York Times reported that Harvard has “signaled a willingness” to pay half a billion dollars, although it’s “reluctant to directly pay the federal government.” (JNS sought comment from Harvard.)

The university is reportedly “skeptical” about a third-party supervisor of the agreement, like the one to which Columbia agreed, due to concerns about academic freedom.

Harrison Fields, a White House spokesman, told the Times that the administration’s message is to not “allow an

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