Harvard President Alan Garber said the Trump administration is acting unlawfully in a Monday letter that also acknowledged the university and government share a priority in squashing antisemitism. Why it matters: The Ivy League school continues to defend itself in the back-and-forth with Education Secretary Linda McMahon over federal funding and control over the institution.

Alan Garber told the education secretary in a letter that they “share common ground” on some “critical issues," but denounced the Trump administration's tactics.

Harvard’s president pushed back on some claims from the education secretary, writing that the school is not a partisan institution.