Far beyond Harvard University and its standoff with the Trump administration, Republican officials in several states have been pushing for changes at public universities.

The Trump administration’s legal case for cutting nearly $3 billion in federal aid to Harvard University was met with skepticism.

In the wake of the standoff between United States administration and Harvard University, the Harvard Education Publishing Group, a prestigious American education journal’s publisher, last month, abruptly canceled the release of a special issue titled, “education and Palestine,” The Guardian reported.

Harvard University has appeared in federal court, challenging $2.6 billion in funding cuts by the Trump administration.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Gita Gopinath, the No. 2 official at the International Monetary Fund, will leave her post at the end of August to return to Harvard University, the IMF said in a statement on Monday. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will name a successor to Gopinath in "due course," the IMF said.

Harvard University is set to begin oral arguments in a $2 billion lawsuit against the federal government, challenging accusations of civil rights violations and threats to academic freedom.