Columbia University appears close to meeting President Donald Trump’s demands that could restore $400 million in federal funding, it was reported Wednesday.

The Trump administration late last week said it would permanently end federal funding to Columbia unless the Ivy League school ceded control of an international studies department and implemented sweeping changes to other campus policies.

In a letter sent Thursday night, federal officials said the New York university must immediately place its Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Department under “academic receivership for a minimum of five years.” Such a move puts it under the oversight of a professor or administrator outside the department.

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