Alan Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, said he predicts Harvard President Alan Garber will try to get a deal done before the fall semester starts to avoid protest encampments,

As Harvard University fights two federal lawsuits against the government, reports of a “mindbogglingly HISTORIC” deal with the Trump administration drew apprehension from the institution’s community and higher education leaders.

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 confirmed to a group of top-dollar donors Monday that the University is in talks with the Trump administration, according to a person familiar with the call — the first acknowledgment from Harvard officials that discussions quietly reopened last week.