Elite Universities in Trump’s Crosshairs Raise Cash

With medium cuts Donald Trump wants to stop pro-Palestinian protests at universities – officially for the protection of Jewish students. But the conflict reaches deeper: In the name of the fight against anti-Semitism, the government intervenes extensively in university affairs.

Elite Universities in Trump’s Crosshairs Raise Cash

“Elite universities are raising cash as they deal with life in President Trump’s crosshairs,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Princeton University is issuing $320 million in bonds, while Northwestern secured $500 million and Harvard raised $750 million. Yale University, which has flown under Trump’s radar so far, is trying to sell billions in its private-equity holdings.”

Issuance of bonds, sale of assets to recover liquidity: several elite institutions take measures, sometimes preventive, while Donald Trump wants to reform universities by depriving them of federal money. Small donors are also mobilizing to support Harvard, which stands up to the president.

There is no ‘Harvard reform’ moment – Grey Enlightenment

I saw this post by Moldbug, “Harvard to the Finland Station.” The author sees Trump’s ultimatum to Harvard as a segue or opportunity to reform the institution. I see zero possibly of this happening, sorry to say. He writes: As a longstanding critic of that ancient institution, I want to critique the Trump administration’s letter to Harvard. I want to like the letter. I feel it is almost good. Almost does not necessarily cut it in this kind of a …

Harvard political scientist Stephen Levitsky sees universities as independent thinkers and important platforms for social and political controversy. This makes them the preferred targets of autocrats, he wrote in the university newspaper "Harvard Crimson: "Autocrats almost always try to silence universities."

Drafting / Canton Group “The pronouncement came after receiving warnings about possible budget cuts” Cancún,-More than a hundred universities and educational institutions in the United States raised their voices this Tuesday against the growing political interference of former President Donald Trump in the academic arena. Through a joint letter, the entities [...] The post U.S. academic institutions reject Trump’s political pressure appeared fir…