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 studies department and implements sweeping changes to other policies.

The Trump administration brushed aside decades of precedent when it ordered Columbia University to oust the leadership of an academic department, a demand seen as a direct attack on academic freedom and a warning of what’s to come for other colleges facing federal scrutiny.

  • peteyestee@feddit.orgEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    I mean… It kinda shows how bullshit and soulless it has become. It’s like when regular Americans that aren’t on the right act like our entire American culture isn’t to blame for where we are today.