In an extraordinary clash between the Trump administration and America’s top colleges, a wave of federal pressure threatens academic freedom, civil rights, and the nation’s scientific research infrastructure—all rooted in what one columnist calls a “cruel farce” of personal vengeance and ideological hold
Student protests about the Palestine-Israel conflict may interrupt numerous college and university graduations that usually symbolize spring in America. The Gaza conflict has taken centrestage, with Columbia University in New York being the hub of protests. Fifty six years ago, also in a national election year, the focus of discontent was American involvement in the Vietnam War