War On Education Now Underway

Today In "Freedom Of Speech"

No reason it won't hold up in court, either.

Katherine Rosman / New York Times:

Trump Demands Major Changes in Columbia Discipline and Admissions Rules  —  A letter outlining “immediate next steps” arrived less than a week after the administration said it was canceling $400 million in grants and contracts.  —  The Trump administration on Thursday demanded …

Discussion:

Knight First Amendment Institute:   Knight Institute Condemns Trump Administration's Effort to “Subjugate Universities to Official Power”

Anna Betts / The Guardian:   Homeland security agents search two Columbia University students' rooms

Ivana Saric / Axios:   DHS raids Columbia University dorms but no arrests made

Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Administration Lays Out Demands to Columbia to Restore Federal Funding

Cortney Weil / Blaze Media:   Columbia president's home vandalized as rage over Mahmoud Khalil arrest continues

New York Daily News:   DHS raids two Columbia University dorms rooms after Khalil ICE arrest; president's house vandalized

Jessica Costescu / The Washington Free Beacon:   Columbia Encampment Leader Known for Owning ‘Emotional Support Rabbit’ Among Students Expelled for Storming Hamilton Hall

Seth Mandel / Commentary Magazine:   The Difference Between ‘Speech’ and ‘Assault’

The Post Millennial:   Trump admin gives Columbia ‘next steps’ for bringing school into compliance with policies against antisemitism on campus

Caitlin Keith / Deseret News:   Columbia University expels students involved in pro-Palestinian building occupation last spring

Michael Arria / Mondoweiss:   Columbia University expels student protesters, fires union president amid ICE raids

David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:   Trump Targets Higher Ed In Pure Authoritarian Move

Ashe Schow / The Daily Wire:   Columbia University Expels, Revokes Degrees From Students Who Seized Campus Building

Thao Nguyen / USA Today:   Trump administration demands widespread changes to Columbia University discipline policies

Lisa Kurian Philip / WBEZ:   Northwestern faculty and students say efforts to appease Trump chill free speech

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Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:

Trump demands admissions overhaul and control of academic department at Columbia University  —  The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the Ivy League school unless it cedes control …

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Aashish Vashistha / India Today:   Who is Ranjani Srinivasan? Indian Columbia student self-deports after visa revocation

Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:   Trump administration issues list of demands to Columbia to restore funding

WTOP News:   Trump demands unprecedented control at Columbia, alarming scholars and speech groups

Annabella Rosciglione / Washington Examiner:   Trump administration outlines next steps for Columbia for revived federal funding

DNyuz:   US updates: Trump administration seeking to import eggs from Denmark

 Anna Betts / The Guardian:
Pro-Israel group says it has ‘deportation list’ and has sent ‘thousands’ of names to Trump officials

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NBC News:   New Mahmoud Khalil complaint names Trump and Rubio, and alleges ‘targeted, retaliatory detention’

Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:   DHS arrests second Columbia student involved in anti-Israel protests, another self-deports

Sophie Hurwitz / Mother Jones:   The Horrific Details of Mahmoud Khalil's Detainment

Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost:   Jewish Americans Are Sick Of Trump Exploiting Them

Josh Marcus / The Independent:   Law launching deportation of Columbia student was condemned in 1996 by a judge - Donald Trump's sister

Maxxe Albert-Deitch / New Jewish Narrative:   Joint Letter to Secretary Noem

Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
As Trump Attacks Elite Colleges, Their Usual Allies Are Nowhere in Sight

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Andrew Prokop / Vox:   Trump's attempt to take over Columbia University, briefly explained

Twin Cities:   University of Minnesota, under federal scrutiny, limits its political speech

Informed Comment:   The Trump Administration is an Existential Threat to Academic Freedom and Higher Education: Middle East Studies Assn.

 The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali:
How The Trump Administration Is Weaponizing Antisemitism to Undermine Our Democracy

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Troy Closson / New York Times:   U.S. Arrests 2nd Person Tied to Pro-Palestinian Protests at Columbia

Frank S. Zhou / The Harvard Crimson:
First They Came for Columbia  —  Like many autocrats before him, Donald Trump has launched what could be a devastating attack on universities.

Over the last week, the Trump administration has cancelled $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University and $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University. 

Both schools were on a list of 10 universities (including Harvard) that the Department of Justice announced it was investigating over politicized allegations of antisemitism. The Department of Education subsequently launched a similar investigation into 60 universities. 

And last week, the administration arrested a former student seemingly not for a crime but for his political speech on campus. Trump, who has pledged to punish universities that permit “illegal protests,” called it “the first arrest of many to come.” 

So far, America’s leading universities have remained virtually silent in the face of this authoritarian assault on institutions of higher education. That must change. Harvard must stand up, speak out, and lead a public defense of our freedom to speak and study freely.

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Wall Street Journal:   Universities Scramble to Avoid Being Trump's Next Target