US EditionAcademic freedom under siege under the Trump administration
- Numerous rallies were held globally on March 7 to protest the Trump administration's perceived threats to science and academic freedom.
- Federal prosecutors demanded Georgetown University discontinue certain courses, illustrating the administration's tighter control over educational institutions through threats and funding cuts.
- Columbia University faces $400 million in funding cuts due to accusations it failed to protect individuals from antisemitism, as asserted by the Trump administration.
- Academic leaders warn that threats to universities jeopardize the pursuit of knowledge and the values of academic freedom, which are core to Jewish culture.
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'Trump's war on science is the terminal phase of a long illness whose early signs were ignored'
COLUMN. For many years, the American right has made no secret of its hatred of universities, nor of its desire to destroy or subjugate environmental sciences. The same trend is at work in France, warns Le Monde journalist Stéphane Foucart in his column.
·Paris, France
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Trump versus scientists (2/5): "We're close to a dictatorship"
The American administration does not stop censoring, dismissing and cutting the budgets of scientists. "Libé" gives the floor to the first concerned. Today, Nicolas Flagey, researcher at the Space Telescope Science Institute.
·Paris, France
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