Harvard President Alan Garber sought "common ground" with the Trump administration in the latest communications Monday, but again said the university will "not surrender its core, legally-protected principles out of fear of unfounded retaliation.

While Harvard and the Trump Administration share “common ground” on issues such as ending antisemitism and other bigotry on campus and encouraging a “multiplicity of viewpoints” at the Ivy League school,

In a letter, Harvard University's president told Secretary of Education Linda McMahon that while there's common ground, the university will not "surrender ... out of fear."