US EditionUniversities in precarious position as Trump uses research funding as a wedge
- Columbia University faces funding cuts and federal demands over antisemitism, marking the first aggressive intervention by the Trump administration against a university.
- Columbia Law School professors argue that the federal government's actions may illegally violate Title VI and First Amendment rights, although the Trump administration shows little willingness to negotiate.
- On March 7, the Trump administration pulled $400 million in federal funding from Columbia, threatening further cuts.
- Preliminary research suggests that disruptions in funding could severely impact research collaboration between Australia and the US, affecting the quality and innovation of educational programs.
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Trump’s War on the Universities
A protest outside Columbia University on March 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Getty Images)THE ELITE UNIVERSITIES, which loom large in MAGA demonology as a bastion of the left and an incubator of the woke mind virus, were bound to be a prime target for Donald Trump’s political Kulturkampf in his second term. The anti-Israel protests that have rocked many campuses since late 2023—often rife with aggressive behavior, …
For years, when someone was talking about the knowledge economy, I stopped paying attention. I thought they were homilies about the importance of state-of-the-art technology and education. And who doubts that technology and education are important? Now I understand my stupidity: in reality, the knowledge economy is the crucial mutation in this century's capitalism, a game in which the United States has tilted the court in a crushing way, and cou…
Analysis: The Deep State Stumbles Upon Three Lines of Effort to Impede MAGA
The Trump Administration's aggressive tactics against the Deep State reveal a troubling three-pronged strategy aimed at undermining MAGA. ve into the implications of judicial activism, immigration policies, and rising domestic terrorism.
Attack on universities, scientific institutions and the press threatens to usher in an era of darkness and ignorance Donald Trump's targets in his second term were all known, mentioned to exhaustion at rallies and social networks. They are - among many others, from environmental deregulation to the fight against diversity policies - universities, scientific institutions, press outlets, independent judges. He has invested with unprecedented impet…
The MAGA Scare: Trump’s attacks on free speech won’t stop at college students
The Trump administration is escalating its attacks on the First Amendment by targeting institutions that challenge his agenda, including universities, law firms, and federal judges. Trump's attacks on academia are especially egregious, as these institutions have historically served as important centers of dissent and protest. If free speech can be effectively suppressed in these critical intellectual spaces, it becomes much easier to silence the…
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