In the months since it became a top target in the administration’s efforts to overhaul higher education, Harvard has activated an all-out media blitz to burnish its image.

This week, a federal judge sided with Harvard in one of its two lawsuits, blocking an order by President Trump to prevent international students from enrolling.

Yale University has joined a coalition of other universities in backing Harvard University in what has emerged as an unusual battle between American higher education and the White House. Yale and 23 other universities,