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Trump Crushes Woke Colleges, Ignites Meritocracy’s Epic Comeback
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Trump Crushes Woke Colleges, Ignites Meritocracy’s Epic Comeback
It’s back-to-school season once again. And thanks to President Donald Trump, universities are back on the right track and ditching leftist dogma. Under the Trump administration, woke indoctrination doesn’t fly. Columbia and Harvard — those ivory towers of elitism — got pummeled by Trump for the antisemitic and anti-American nonsense that flourished on their campuses last year. Columbia and Harvard both recently gave up their fights against Trump…
Trump Assaults Academic Freedom in Universities
Trump’s hatred of universities continues to wreak vengeance, especially on elite institutions. Columbia University was the first to feel his wrath and the first to capitulate. The administration cut off $2 billion in research grants, allegedly as punishment for Columbia’s failure to police anti-Semitism. Columbia negotiated and agreed to pay the federal government $200 million as a fine and accept a federal “monitor.”. This agreement threatened …
Was It About Harmful Ideologies or Israel? Trump's Two Faces in the Dispute with Columbia University
In March 2025, the US government froze $400 million in federal funding for Columbia University in New York. The Trump administration wanted to purge the university of harmful ideologies (DEI). But there was also a second reason – accusations of anti-Semitism. A month after Trump's inauguration as US president, his administration launched a crackdown on universities promoting harmful ideas. First, it cut $400 million in federal funding to Columbi…
Trump Has Conquered Columbia—Are More Universities Next?
A battle in the war for the Ivy League universities has reached its conclusion. Last week, the Trump administration and Columbia University finalized the terms of a settlement that requires Columbia to pay a $200 million fine, eliminate DEI programs, and provide admissions data to an independent monitor. In exchange, the White House will close several ongoing federal investigations and unlock most of the $400 million in federal funds it previous…
The prestigious American university, the scene of incidents related to the conflict in Gaza in 2024, suspended and excluded 80 of its students, and changed its definition of anti-Semitism. The consequence of a financial arm of fire with the Republican government.
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