“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Harvard president Alan Garber said in an open letter Monday afternoon. The university, through its lawyers, said it would not acquiesce to a list of extraordinary demands sent to the school’s leaders on Friday night. That response sets up a high-stakes standoff between Harvard and President Trump, with billions of dollars in research funding on the line . Harvard University, the country’s oldest, wealthiest, and most...