“This administration is extorting universities to sign away academic freedom,” said one assistant professor.
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The US has entered a new era of McCarthyism as the Trump administration equates leftist critique with “terrorism.”
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“Cutting this funding strips away critical investments … and will destabilize colleges in 29 states,” said one critic.
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The racist upswell in the US looks “clearer from the outside,” says South African philosopher Nuraan Davids.
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Faculty at state schools are waging collective action in the face of both federal and state attacks. Will it be enough?
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College quotas haven’t existed since 1978, but the right keeps people misinformed.
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Currently 23 states and D.C. give in-state college tuition to undocumented students. Trump is on a rampage against them.
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These systems are a dictator’s dream: the perfect infrastructure for the imposition of totalitarianism.
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Palestine Legal says it’s the largest penalty ever for a university for violating pro-Palestine students’ speech rights.
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“I don’t see how people can, in good conscience, continue as before inside these universities,” Khalidi says.
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Observers worry the move to restrict college access for undocumented students could spread nationally.
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Trump’s firing of 1,300 DOE workers is bad news for all student loan recipients and K-12 students alike.
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