President Trump has racked up a string of wins against colleges and universities in recent weeks, though the larger fights between his administration and higher education rage on, in many cases in the courts.

The ouster of the president of the University of Virginia, deals in the works with Columbia and Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania committing to bar transgender athletes from women's sports teams are just some of the W's Trump can claim in recent weeks.

But the pressure has not come without pushback, and only time will tell how long the cultural shifts Trump seeks will last.

"On the political front, I think [the Trump administration] accomplished a lot of what they wanted to accomplish. ... They've won politically, because higher education right now is viewed unfavorably by a lot of people on the right, and so by attacking higher ed, they're going to win even if courts say they can't do everything they want to do,” said Andrew Gillen, a research fellow at the CATO Institute, a libertarian-leaning think tank.

“I think the Trump administration will succeed on some of what they want to do. I think universities will also have a wake-up call about things they need to be doing differently going forward, and hopefully the result is a win for everybody,” Gillen added.

The Trump administration has opened dozens of Title IX and Title VI investigations and pulled billions of dollars collectively against universities over allegations of antisemitism and civil rights violations.

The strategy to threaten university funding has brought college leaders to the table, resulting in direct and indirect success in shaping higher education through executive and........

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