Hours after Harvard University faced the Trump administration in court for the first time in its push to restore more than $2 billion in blocked federal funding, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college made a symbolic bow to White House demands,

The battle between Harvard University and the Trump administration’s freeze on its $2.2 billion in grants will head into the summer.

Harvard is likely to prevail in court in its battles against the Trump administration, yet both sides have reasons to agree to a compromise, legal observers say.