
The Trump administration, saying it wants to root out antisemitism and liberal indoctrination, has frozen billions of dollars in federal funds to universities. This battle has already had profound effects. Harvard, facing a ban on accepting international students and billions in cuts, is said to be close to a settlement. Under pressure from President Donald Trump, the University of Virginia’s president has been forced to resign. But those are only the most visible, immediate signs. Soon, Trump’s ideological war against universities could have much broader effects on American science and on the technological supremacy the country has enjoyed for decades.
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