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Swamp Notes: Trump takes on higher ed
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Description: US President Donald Trump is in an ongoing standoff with America’s top universities. Harvard lost $2.3bn in federal funding after it refused to comply with the administration’s demands on admissions and diversity, equity and inclusion. Columbia complied with a similar set of demands, but still lost $400mn. The FT’s global education editor Andrew Jack and acting Washington correspondent Myles McCormick join to discuss the issues at hand and why other universities could be next.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Trump to block Harvard from federal grants
Harvard sues Trump administration over funding freeze
Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here
Swamp Notes is produced by Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is our acting co-head of audio. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
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1867 episodes
Manage episode 481802129 series 2455123
Description: US President Donald Trump is in an ongoing standoff with America’s top universities. Harvard lost $2.3bn in federal funding after it refused to comply with the administration’s demands on admissions and diversity, equity and inclusion. Columbia complied with a similar set of demands, but still lost $400mn. The FT’s global education editor Andrew Jack and acting Washington correspondent Myles McCormick join to discuss the issues at hand and why other universities could be next.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Trump to block Harvard from federal grants
Harvard sues Trump administration over funding freeze
Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here
Swamp Notes is produced by Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is our acting co-head of audio. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.
Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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