Unlike at Columbia, Trump’s attack on UCLA is aimed at California taxpayer money

Unlike at Columbia, Trump’s attack on UCLA is aimed at California taxpayer money

President Donald Trump’s demand for a whopping $1 billion payment from UCLA sent shock waves through the UC system. For those of us on the inside, the announcement elicited a range of responses. Some faculty and staff reacted with horror, others voiced increasing fear about the ongoing assault on academic freedom, and some merely muttered in sad resignation to the new reality. I laughed. The president has decided to poke the bear— and the Bears …