Columbia University said it was holding "good faith" negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to regain federal funding, hours after Harvard rejected the administration's demands to audit the "viewpoint diversity" of its students and faculty,

The Trump administration sought to have Harvard eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs and ban masks, among other steps.

There is a precedent for removing tax-exempt status from a school, but an education expert points out that Harvard is no Bob Jones University.