For months, U.S. President Donald Trump has been embroiled in a battle with Harvard University over allegations of anti-Semitism. Research funding has been cut, foreign students have been banned, and Trump has threatened to redirect a further 3 billion dollars in future grants to trade schools. Is this a fight for student safety or a political assault on elite institutions? Can the U.S. government dictate who private universities admit? And will the U.S. continue to be the destination for international scholars?