Readers respond: Trump trying to silence higher ed
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Yale Weighs $850 Million Bond Sale Amid Trump’s Higher Education Attack
Yale University is considering selling $850 million of bonds in May, joining other elite colleges that have looked to the capital markets to raise funding as the Trump administration targets the institutions.
Readers respond: Trump trying to silence higher ed
A letter writer asks why the U.S. government gives Harvard University $2.2 billion each year, (“Why should taxpayers subsidize Harvard?” April 23). I offer this: Harvard doesn’t need a government bailout. Most of those funds were for research grants, processed according to government guidelines. They had signed funding contracts connected to them.
Hey, Harvard. Woke Will Make You Broke! - Israel Unwired
Why should the federal government underwrite what are essentially trade schools in malicious anti-American, anti-Zionist propaganda? (April 29, 2025 / JNS) Borrowing a nifty lyric from the Beastie Boys (those white-hot, hip-hop Jewish sensations): “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Hate Jews!).” Yes, the original rap song focused on an altogether different “Right”: the one to “Party!”—once an eager rallying cry at college. But those were diff…
Froma Harrop: War against the Ivy League is a smokescreen
Let's cut to the chase. Most of Donald Trump's threats against Ivy League colleges are an attempt to divert attention away from an economy heading into crisis. The trade war is producing economic and foreign policy nightmares. Despite the DOGE show, budget deficits are projected to rise further under Republican rule. The stock market is traumatized. Investors are starting to bail out of U.S. Treasury debt. Recession and possibly stagflation are …
HARVARD CHANGES THE NAME OF ITS DIVERSITY OFFICE AMID THE DISPUTE WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER FEDERAL FUNDING
Harvard University announced Monday that its Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Membership will be restructured, as the institution continues its battle against the Trump administration, which has suspended billions of dollars in federal aid.
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