How war, money and the quest for discovery entwined the US government and universities

By ADAM GELLER, AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The showdown between the Trump administration and Harvard University is spotlighting bare-knuckled politics and big dollar figures. But in the battle of the moment, it’s easy to lose sight of a decades-long alliance between the U.S. government and the nation’s most prominent universities, forged to fight a world war.
For more than 80 years, that interdependence has been prized by academic leaders and politicians of both parties