Trump picked a fight against Harvard and he's already losing  

President Trump and his minions are operating on the assumption that Americans harbor substantial animosity toward colleges and universities. Their premise is importantly wrong.  

Our institutions of higher learning are not perfect, and the public doesn’t see them as faultless, but most Americans recognize their immense value and oppose Trump’s attacks on them.  

In an AP/NORC poll earlier this month, 14 points more disapproved than approved of Trump’s performance on “issues...