University administrators across the nation are warning that Columbia University’s compliance with the Trump administration’s demand for sweeping policy changes — with $400 million in federal funding on the line — may have a chilling effect on academic independence.
“There are enormous fears among universities all across the country as to what’s going to come,” said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the law school at the University of California at Berkeley. “I think it just emboldens the Trump administration to go after more universities in the same way.”
“There are enormous fears among universities all across the country as to what’s going to come,” said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the law school at the University of California at Berkeley. “I think it just emboldens the Trump administration to go after more universities in the same way.”