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Cut, Coerce, Control: What Trump Is Doing to U.S. Universities

Cut, Coerce, Control: What Trump Is Doing to U.S. Universities

Update: 2025-06-05
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In this episode of The World of Higher Education Podcast, Alex Usher discusses the Trump administration's unprecedented actions against science and universities. Billions of dollars in funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health have been stripped, international students are facing deportation, and low-income students are seeing cuts to loans and grants. Brendan Cantwell from Michigan State University returns to analyze these strategies and tactics, drawing on insights from the controversial Project 2025. They explore the administration's coercive measures, the sector's response, and the potential future of higher education under these policies. 

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Cut, Coerce, Control: What Trump Is Doing to U.S. Universities

Cut, Coerce, Control: What Trump Is Doing to U.S. Universities

Higher Education Strategy Associates