When Harvard President Alan Garber took the stage at commencement, he was met with cheers. Days earlier, Columbia acting President Claire Shipman was booed.

NBC News White House Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard sat down with Education Secretary Linda McMahon for an exclusive interview where she defended the administration’s policy toward elite universities l

President Donald Trump is moving to block nearly all foreign students from entering the country to attend Harvard University, his latest attempt to choke the Ivy League school from an international pipeline that accounts for a quarter of the student body.

Since regaining the White House, President Trump has been fixated on making an example of those who push back against him.

Donald Trump announced a ban on nationals from 12 countries from entering the United States. An impending pause to the Jobs Corps program puts thousands of students in limbo. And current and former teammates weigh in on what makes the OKC Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander a true MVP.

Harvard University is holding its commencement Thursday at a pivotal moment, when its place as one of the world's leading higher education institutions is under what increasingly seems like existential threats from the Trump administration.

President Trump is trying to apply enough pressure to force the university to cave, while Harvard, a nearly 400-year-old institution, is aiming to play a long game against an aging president in his final term.

The school has so far resisted considerable pressure from the Trump administration to enact other policy changes.

Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo evaluates the latest developments in Harvard University’s battle with the Trump administration on ‘America Reports.’