“Harvard can win in the courtroom but still lose almost everything it’s fought for,” said Allison Wu, the co-founder of the 1636 Forum, a Harvard alumni community named for the year the university was founded, who supports the university’s case.

Trump administration lawyers and Harvard are heading to court Monday in the legal battle over federal funding, which the White House froze after it said the university failed to address antisemitism on campus.

The administration is investigating if Harvard is abiding by regulations when it sponsors visas in the Exchange Visitor Prorgramme