“Half of this stuff you can’t just do and the other half is insane, [...] If the federal government can show up and demand a university department be shut down or restructured, then we don’t have universities in this country.”
This is beyond the pale. Our universities must resist.
@aaup.org“It’s an escalation of a kind that is unheard of,” said Joan Scott, a historian & member of the academic freedom committee of the AAUP. “Even during the McCarthy period in the United States, this was not done.”
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Trump demands unprecedented control at Columbia, alarming scholars and speech groups
The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studi...