Ahead of the fall semester, the Trump administration is continuing to reach settlements with universities over frozen federal funds. Why it matters: The string of success signals the inevitability of future deals.

Brown University will pay $50 million to Rhode Island workforce development organizations in a deal with the Trump administration that restores lost federal research funding and ends investigations into alleged discrimination,

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus, the university announced Wednesday.