19 h. ago Trump administration issues demands on Harvard as conditions for billions in federal money

Some alumni want Harvard to resist Trump administration demands the university must meet to receive $9 billion in federal grants and contracts being threatened during an investigation into campus antisemitism

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26 h. ago Trump demands UK universities which get funding from US prove none of it is spent on woke DEI projects or research

Donald Trump is demanding British universities which receive funding from the USA prove the money is not being spent on ' woke ' research in a new crackdown.

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4 d. ago Who actually runs Columbia University? | Arjun Appadurai and Sheldon Pollock

Trustees aren’t academics – and they’re often political wolves in sheep’s clothing. We need reform to save the American university as we know itLate on Friday evening, the trustees of Columbia University announced that its interim president, Katrina Armstrong, was leaving her post.Six days earlier, she had convened an emergency meeting with 75 faculty members after the university had cravenly surrendered to the demands of the Trump administration in the hopes of recovering $400m in federal grants and contracts. The president and her staff called their predicament “heartbreaking” and sought to reassure faculty that academic freedom and departmental autonomy remained intact. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ‘Canary in the coalmine of totalitarianism’: how Columbia went from a home for Edward Said to a punching bag for Trump

The university had a history of being a home for cutting-edge discourse on Palestine – until it capitulated to the administration’s demands Last week, Columbia University announced that it would cave to demands by the Trump administration and adopt sweeping measures against pro-Palestinian activity on campus, including new restrictions on protest and the takeover of an academic department from faculty control.The news sent shock waves across higher education institutions nationwide for what appeared a stunning capitulation to attacks on academic freedom and the independence of the department of Middle Eastern, south Asian and African studies, or Mesaas, which became a scapegoat for what the administration viewed as a pro-Palestinian climate on campus. It was also a remarkable turn of events for a university that had for years been a home for cutting-edge academic discourse on Palestine, beginning with the scholarship of Edward Said, a leading Palestinian intellectual. Continue readi...

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7 d. ago Columbia president resigns after university cedes to Trump demands

Katrina Armstrong exits a week after the institution agreed to a list of reforms to fend off funding cuts

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7 d. ago Columbia president resigns after university yields to Trump demands

Katrina Armstrong exits a week after the institution agreed to a list of reforms to fend off funding cuts

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1 week ago Columbia should have said, ‘see you in court,’ not ‘yes, Mr President.’ | Margaret Sullivan

Institutions must resist thuggish bullying. There is no satisfying Trump. He will move the goalposts again and againSince early 2024, I’ve been running a journalism ethics center at Columbia University.So perhaps it’s no surprise that I see the university’s capitulation to Trump both in terms of journalism and ethics.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Columbia University cedes to Trump’s demands with series of reforms

Measures at Ivy League institution trigger concern over academic freedom

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