Trump Wants Harvard to Build Vocational Schools: Lutnick (1)

A potential settlement between Harvard University and the Trump administration could call for the college to invest about $500 million to build vocational schools, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Thursday in a CNBC interview.

“If Harvard settles with Donald Trump, you know what he’s going to do with the $500 million? He’s going to have Harvard build vocational schools. The Harvard vocational school, because that’s what America needs,” Lutnick said.

Lutnick’s comments come after a stretch in which the administration and the school appear to have made little progress toward a settlement. The White House has alleged Harvard did ...