Harvard University is open to paying up to half a billion dollars to end its feud with the Trump administration, The New York Times reported Monday.

Citing four anonymous sources, the Times said Harvard was considering acquiescing to the president’s demands and paying as much as $500 million—though university leaders expressed reservations about paying the government directly. The exact terms of the settlement are still being hammered out, the sources said.

The news comes less than a week after Columbia University agreed to pay the Trump administration more than $200 million to get $400 million of grant funding restored.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon called the Columbia deal “a roadmap for elite universities that wish to regain the confidence of the American public by renewing their commitment to truth-seeking, merit and civil debate.” And Trump said he wanted to make sure that Harvard paid more than Columbia, the Crimson reported.

Harvard has been embroiled in a legal battle with the White House since April, when Trump officials demanded the university submit to a long list of elaborate demands in order to maintain federal funding. President Alan Garber refused, winning plaudits for standing up to the president’s bullying.

But even as Harvard fought back with a series of lawsuits, university leaders have been quietly negotiating with the Trump administration, eager to see more than $2 billion in federal funding restored and Harvard’s ability to enroll international students preserved.

White House spokesperson Harrison Fields told The New York Times on Monday that a settlement with Harvard was within reach. He said the administration’s “proposition is simple and common sense: Don’t allow antisemitism and D.E.I. to run your campus, don’t break the law, and protect the civil liberties of all students.”

He said the president was “confident that Harvard will eventually come around and support the president’s vision, and through good-faith conversations and negotiations, a good deal is more than possible.”