Trump’s War on Universities Is More Dangerous Than You Think

Trump is using antisemitism as pretext to attack higher education, undermine democracy - The Boston Globe

Campus protests at Columbia included serious antisemitic incidents. But rather than making Jewish students safer, Trump’s actions are likely to increase antisemitism and erode freedom for all.

With a controversial arrest and the threat of cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in funding, the US government is putting pressure on universities. According to experts, Donald Trump wants to silence the universities. It seems to work.

Columbia University Historians Warn of Trump’s Threat to Academic Freedom

“Authoritarian regimes always seek to gain control over independent academic institutions,” the historians warned.

Trump’s Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation

In October 2023, three days before Hamas fighters attacked Israel, Columbia University’s new president stood outside Low Library and posed a foundational question. “What,” she asked, “does the world need from a great university in the 21st century?” The president, Nemat Shafik, argued that the world required much. Rigorous thinkers who were grounded in the age’s great debates. Researchers whose breakthroughs could transform societies. Universiti…

From My Washington Whispers: To Combat Fascism--Unite in the Fight or Lose!

Democratic institutions are being attacked by the Trump adminstration at break-neck speed and on all fronts: illegal dismantling of agencies; attempted shackling of the free press; and serious threats against private universities, judges and—most...

Columbia University Has the Free Speech Problem, Not the Trump Administration

The administration’s actions are about protecting free speech, a duty Columbia has abdicated.