Columbia University has agreed to pay $200 million to resolve claims it discriminated against Jewish students, restoring hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants, the university said.

Columbia win has paved the way for Trump team to elecit hundreds of millions from other top schools, including Cornell, Brown, Duke and Northwestern

It’s unclear whether Harvard will follow suit with its own agreement anytime soon — or that the measures Columbia agreed to are ones Harvard is willing to undertake.

The latest: Today, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) requested the Trump administration give a closed-door briefing on the Jeffrey Epstein case files. More: Schumer criticized the administration’s lack of transparency, and pointed to a Wall Street Journal report that Justice officials told Trump his name was in the files.

Columbia University has handed the reins of its admission process to the White House. One of the oldest educational institutions in the country agreed Wednesday to pay the Trump administration $200 million to settle multiple investigations and reinstate billions of dollars’ worth of federal grants.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon calls Columbia’s $200M settlement with the Trump administration a ‘monumental victory’ and outlines new changes to the university.

Columbia disciplined more than 70 students who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in May, as it faces ongoing pressure from the Trump administration.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a probe will ensure the programme does ‘not run contrary to our nation’s interests’.