Columbia University’s Concessions to Trump Seen as a Watershed
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Columbia University’s Concessions to Trump Seen as a Watershed

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Many professors saw it as surrender, a reward to the Trump administration’s heavy hand. Conservative critics of academia celebrated it as an overdue, righteous reset by an Ivy League university. Columbia University’s concession on Friday to a roster of government demands as it…

Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds
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Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Columbia University agreed on Friday to make changes to its protest rules, campus security policies and Middle Eastern studies department in a remarkable concession to the Trump administration, which had refused to consider restoring $400 million in federal funding without an overhaul. The…

Why Trump’s Ultimatum to Columbia Could Upend Higher Education
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Why Trump’s Ultimatum to Columbia Could Upend Higher Education

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Follow live updates on the Trump administration here. It was an obscure, 44-word demand toward the end of the Trump administration’s ultimatum to Columbia University this month ordering a dramatic overhaul of admissions and disciplinary rules. But it could prove to have consequences…

How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It
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How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As conservatives fought against cancel culture on college campuses, they developed a particular fondness for the First Amendment. It was un-American, they argued, to punish someone for exercising their right to speak freely. Today, however, many of those same conservatives, now in power…

How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It
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Republicans Once Championed Free Speech on Campus. Now, Not So Much.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As conservatives fought against cancel culture on college campuses, they developed a particular fondness for the First Amendment. It was un-American, they argued, to punish someone for exercising their right to speak freely. Today, however, many of those same conservatives, now in power…