Special education is shifting to a different federal agency. Advocates fear the loss of expertise will harm students.

More than 200 university and college presidents in a joint statement accused U.S. President Donald Trump's administration of political interference in higher education, banding together after Harvard University said the government was threatening its independence.

About 200 university presidents and chancellors signed onto a Tuesday letter denouncing the Trump administration's "coercive use of public research funding." Why it matters: Dissent to President Trump's higher education threats is slowly growing.

Harvard sued the Trump administration Monday in the latest escalation of the ongoing feud between the prestigious university and the administration.

The Trump administration will respond in court to Harvard University's lawsuit seeking to block a federal funding freeze imposed after the institution rejected a list of White House demands that it said would undermine its independence,