Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US Government says

I genuinely don’t understand how this man has a reputation for deal making. Here we have two public examples of reactions to his pressure: Columbia caved, Harvard fought. (Similar: EU caved, China fought.)

Yet there is practically no difference in how they’re being treated. If anything, the capitulator in both examples has been treated worse.

Can Columbia just put out a press release that they are accredited and say the administration is mistaken? What even is truth at this point?