How the Trump Administration Made Higher Educ...

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The swiftness and severity with which the Trump Administration has tried to impose its will on higher education came as a shock to many, not least university presidents and faculties from Harvard to U.C.L.A. But for conservatives this arena of cultural conflict has been a long ti ...  Show more

What is wrong with higher education in America? According to many on the right, a lot. This week, Ross Douthat talks to May Mailman, the lawyer behind President Trump’s battles with Harvard and Columbia, about the administration’s assault on the Ivy League and why “a glorifica ...

This week, we interviewed two people with leading roles in the rapidly escalating conflict between the Trump administration and American higher education.

Today, we speak with Christopher Rufo, who led the conservative critique of, and assault on, critical race theory an ...

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has put the American university system on notice.

It has pressed for changes, opened investigations — and in some cases withheld critical funds.

Alan Blinder, who covers education in America, explains how schools are respon ...