Harvard University has drawn a line in the sand against the Trump administration and its sweeping demands for cultural change. Now it is counting on its peer institutions for backup. In Washington, Republicans say the nation’s wealthiest and oldest university has just made a serious error in judgment and is about to learn the cost of crossing Trump.

President Trump’s fight with Harvard University shows how far he is willing to take his crusade against higher education, targeting the oldest and richest university in the nation. The