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Daily Briefing: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TAKES ON ACADEMIA OVER ANTISEMITISM

Protests in and around Columbia University in support of Palestine and against Israeli occupation. A side gate by the bookstore where the crowd is—inside and out. A number of protest signs are available to pick up. - Wikipedia
Protests in and around Columbia University in support of Palestine and against Israeli occupation. A side gate by the bookstore where the crowd is—inside and out. A number of protest signs are available to pick up. - Wikipedia

The Little-Known Bureaucrats Tearing Through American Universities: Liz Essley Whyte, Douglas Belkin and Sara Randazzo:  WSJ, Apr. 14, 2025

Trump Administration Will Freeze $2 Billion After Harvard Refuses Demands: Vimal Patel, NY Times, Apr. 14, 2025

Does the US Government Have the Right to Condition Funding to Universities?:  Alan Dershowitz, Gatestone, Apr. 1, 2025

A Passover Lesson For Jews Who Oppose Trump More Than Antisemitism:  Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, Apr. 11, 2025

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FOR FURTHER REFERENCE:

Trump Admin’s Crackdown on Universities Over Campus Antisemitism Supported by Most Americans, Poll Shows:  Dion J. Pierre, Algemeiner, Apr. 8, 2025   Most American adults, including college students, support the Trump administration’s cancellation of federal funding to universities which fail to address the campus antisemitism crisis, a new poll commissioned by the Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) and conducted by Schoen Cooperman Research has found.

Trump Admin Reportedly Freezes $1b To Cornell, $790m To Northwestern Citing Civil Rights Violations:  JNS staff, JNS, Apr. 8, 2025   After auditing $9 billion in federal grants and contracts to Harvard University, cutting $500 million from Brown University, $400 million from Columbia University and $210 million to Princeton University over alleged mishandling of Jew-hatred on campus, the Trump administration has reportedly frozen $1 billion in federal funding at Cornell University and $790 million at Northwestern University, multiple publications reported.

Summers Says Harvard Allowed Trump to Threaten University Over Antisemitism Response:  Saketh Sundar, The Harvard Crimson, Apr. 10, 2025Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers slammed Harvard’s leaders on Wednesday for acting too slowly against campus protesters and academic centers he accused of spreading antisemitism — which, he said, gave the Trump administration a window to threaten the University.

First Columbia, Now Harvard: Middle East Studies Under Pressure: Ryan Quinn, Inside Higher Education, Apr. 9, 2025   Last week, the Trump administration ordered Harvard University to take multiple steps to continue having a financial relationship with the federal government. Among the demands was to review and make “necessary changes” to “address bias, improve viewpoint diversity and end ideological capture” in “programs and departments that fuel antisemitic harassment.”

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