How the Trump Administration Made Higher Education a Target

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How the Trump Administration Made Higher Education a Target
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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 ...

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

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Trump’s Escalating War With Higher Education
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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 ...

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