The Trump administration appears open to negotiations with Harvard, even after America’s most prestigious university sued the federal government – setting up a clash over academic freedom, federal funding and campus oversight.

The Trump administration’s Saturday request comes nearly a week after Harvard publicly stated it would not acquiesce to a list of extraordinary demands sent to the school’s leaders.

Harvard University sued on Monday to block U.S. President Donald Trump from freezing billions of dollars in federal funding after the elite research institution rejected a list of White House demands that it said would undermine its independence.