The University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia.

A memorial on the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I., on Wednesday.

The Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass.

Harvard has been trying to resolve its differences with the federal government. It also has issues with its students.

Duke University is known as a relatively conservative place, compared with some other schools. It has still been a focus of Trump officials who say it has allowed diversity policies they say break the law.

A leader at the University of Texas said the institution would be eager to work with the Trump administration. Other universities have been more circumspect.

Representative Jim Jordan, rear row, right, is among the leaders requesting that college consulting firms share information about their pricing algorithms, among other issues.

The policies that May Mailman has helped devise have sent shock waves through higher education, dividing faculty and alarming some students who see an effort to silence dissent.

The hearing will take place before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Harvard has sued the Trump administration twice over its efforts to block international students and federal funding.

Top academics in the Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Department at Columbia University, including Professors Timothy Mitchell and Gil Hochberg, the department’s chair, say the school is committed to the program’s autonomy.

Columbia University administrators summoned the Police Department on Wednesday to arrest demonstrators who had occupied the main library.

The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.

Dr. Noor Abdalla, wife of Mahmoud Khalil, at her home in New York, last month. She went into labor Sunday.