00:00The Trump administration has reached a deal with Harvard University and could see the Ivy League institution pay US$500 million to settle an ongoing dispute.
00:11President Donald Trump says Harvard would also operate what he describes as trade schools, including programs teaching artificial intelligence.
00:22He noted that the deal has not been formally confirmed and offered no additional details.
00:28The announcement comes after months of accusations by Trump that the university violated federal civil rights laws in the treatment of Israeli and Jewish students.
00:40Trump has previously threatened to withhold funds and restrict international student enrollment over issues including anti-Semitism and the permitting of pro-Palestinian protests on campus.
00:52Other Ivy League schools have also settled with the Trump administration in recent months.
00:57Columbia University agreed to pay more than $220 million, while Brown University will pay $50 million to support local workforce development.
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