Academic 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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The administration Trump wants to impose its worldview on the universities. Sociology professor Wimmer says how this affects.


French Publisher Caves to Woke Mob
While universities in the United States argue that freedom of research has been curtailed by Donald Trump’s withholding of federal funds from schools promoting progressive ideologies, in France, left-wing censorship is actively suppressing academics who seek to challenge the dominance of progressive thought. Three researchers have just had their collective work on ‘woke obscurantism’ rejected for publication by the Presses Universitaires de Fran…
'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.
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