Saturday, June 21, 2025

What Trump is doing, or is trying to do, to colleges and universities

This is a good overview. My own take is that since Trump himself is incapable of independent thought and action, what “policies” go out in his name depend on who has his ear at any given time.
The first six months of the Trump administration have brought a hailstorm of changes to the nation’s colleges and universities. While the president’s faceoffs with Harvard and Columbia have generated the most attention, students on campuses throughout the country are noticing the effects of the administration’s cuts to scientific and medical research, clampdown on any efforts promoting diversity equity and inclusion (DEI), newly aggressive policies for students with loan debt, revoking of visas for international students and more.

Many of the administration’s actions are being challenged in court, but they are influencing the way students interact with each other, what support they can get from their institutions — and even whether they feel safe in this nation. - Hechinger Report

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