Columbia University said it was holding "good faith" negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to regain federal funding, hours after Harvard rejected the administration's demands to audit the "viewpoint diversity" of its students and faculty,

The Trump administration earlier this week froze $2.26 billion in federal funding for the school and threatened to revoke Harvard’s tax exempt status.

The Trump administration sought to have Harvard eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs and ban masks, among other steps.