David Kirp

Nato for higher education – a mutual defense pact is a long-shot approach, but it might just convince the bully in the White House to back off

Higher education is under attack from the person who inhabits the White House. Universities are being threatened with an array of punishments, including the cutoff of their federal contracts and grants, the loss of their nonprofit status and a tax on their endowment. The Trump administration is demanding a say in whom they admit, whom they hire and even what courses they teach.