‘Everyone’s on fire’: Students return to U.S. campus injured and changed Trump’s attack |

Students and faculty members returning to American universities and universities from the summer vacation are returning to injured institutions. Trump administrationAn unprecedented movement Higher Education Ideological will and prepare for uncertainty in the future.

At the University of Utah, black students will have Lost funds And Campus Space – One of the many student groups that bear the brunt of Donald Trumpanti-diversity measures. Indiana’s public universities cut or merge 400 degree courseabout one-fifth of academic products, and dozens of other universities also have similar budgets. In Harvard and Colombia, some forms of criticism of Israel can now be punished as anti-Semitism. Nationally, schools will see their international student population decline after the government has set up many new barriers for students seeking to travel to the United States.

Benjamin Kersten, a doctoral student in art history at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the threat to higher education is “survival”, one of the universities the president targets, cutting millions of dollars. “It makes me wonder how I should divide and do the research I’m doing here.”

Kersten cites nationwide cuts and closures, reduced research resources, suppression of student organizations, increased tuition fees and deterioration in teachers’ labor conditions. As a Jewish student involved in pro-Palestinian activism, he condemned administrative attacks on universities under the pretext of fighting anti-Semitism.

“Threats to cut research funds and make universities pay payments are of no help to Jews,” he said, adding that the impact is “everyone from the most vulnerable students and staff to tenured teachers.”

Todd Wolfson, president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), agreed.

“This is obviously the most fierce attack on higher education in U.S. history,” he said. “Everyone is on fire.”

Last fall, students returned to campus to find a new fenced lawn and a bunch of Restrictive measures The response was passed by the University to shock the country in the previous spring. This year, they returned to school, where they suffered punishment from scarce protests, schools that foreign students have visited Snatched from the street Places where masked federal agents and school administrators have been blackmail The government meets its pro-Israel, anti-diversity agenda or faces Billions of dollars.

The new school year is expected to further suppress and realistic settlements across the American academic community, and the turmoil over the past few months will have lasting effects.

Has three major universities – Columbia, Brown and the University of Pennsylvania – already entered Settlement With the Trump administration, it agreed to spend millions and surrendered important autonomy to save its federal funds. US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon boast The agreement will “change the cultural process of campuses in the coming years” after the government’s highly-watched settlement with Colombia.

Harvard is the only university that sued the government – both Cut funds and effort Prevent school admission. Despite its early victory in court, it was also reportedly close to reaching a deal with the White House. Trump also recently frozen $584 million in funding to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), asking universities to pay $1 billion to resolve anti-Semitism claims. (The federal judge has order Restored part of the fund).

Dozens Other universities are facing civil rights investigations into so-called anti-Semitism, and education advocates expect to be forced into settlements – they say it is equivalent to “blackmail” – Will grow.

Creepy effect

Trump has describe Higher education, as an enemy, has achieved conservative agendas in recent months Production Year.

The government caught one on Israeli campus teacher Definition of anti-Semitism Critics’ caution is contrary to academic inquiries and freeze billions of dollars in grants and contracts, mainly medical and scientific research. It forces University President and support Republican governor stacks public university leadership efforts through conservative ideology. The president has signed a series of executive orders from Fair plan Long-term establishment Certification system.

On Monday, the White House announced that it had been cancelled Visa for 6,000 international students Since Trump took office, immigration officials will begin “anti-American campaign” on applicants’ social media posts. recent NAFSA AnalysisThe nonprofit International Association of Educators expects new international enrollment to fall by 30% to 40% in the upcoming school year.

On campus, the impact is direct.

“The driving force of fear and intimidation has promoted free communication, weakened innovation and reduced the fuel for global influence,” said Lynn Pasquerella, president of the American Association of Universities and Universities.

July, as part of the law challenge To the government Detain international students and scholars’ views on Palestine, professors at universities across the country testify Regarding canceling travel plans, refusing to write columns or attend protests, and abandoning research projects for fear of being targeted by the government.

“After being arrested, the threat of detention and deportation, I think it’s too risky,” said Nadje Al-Ali, a German anthropologist at Brown University. “Although these are students, I think well, the next line will be teachers.”

Some universities, perhaps anticipated by government requirements, have conducted phase-out diversity initiatives, closed plans and scholarship Related to Palestine and taking disciplinary measures against teachers and students who speak out on Palestinian rights.

Scholars have Cancel course,Resign Or leave the country Rather than submitting what they say is equivalent to censorship. Others attend the school year in a mix of fear and depression.

“There is a lot of despair and devastating – I know that when it comes to burdening rent and groceries, I don’t feel safe or if I’ll be fired or fired.” said anthropologist Maura Finkelstein, who became the tenured professor since she fired at Pro-Palestinian Advocacy last year. Gaza start. “There is real, material fear.”

Finkelstein, who traveled to American campuses last year, talked about the suppression of academic freedom against anti-Semitism, notes that many of her colleagues are simply trying to “keep their heads down and the white path” even if others decide that moral compromises are not worth it.

“The focus of liberal arts education is to teach critical thinking skills, and now we see institutional procedures and policies developed, so we are no longer welcomed by critical thinking,” she said.

The effect has been deceived to the states. In Texas, Ohio and Florida, Republican lawmakers have led Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis accused of “Awakening indoctrination”. But since Trump returned to the office, they have Grasp the momentum To further limit the independence of teachers, control what can be taught in the classroom and put partisan appointees in administrative roles.

struggle

Education advocates warn of imminent showdowns with teachers that their angry employers are not taking more stances.

Federal cuts and uncertain climate lead to Hundreds of jobs lostthough its impact on scientific and medical research, especially after the government cut hundreds of millions of dollars National Institutes of Healthechoing Exceed academia.

AAUP President Wolfson argued that the higher education union representing faculty and staff must be linked to students outside the university, as well as businesses and other stakeholders, not only to resist government policies but also to a new vision for higher education, including the movement for free public universities, ultimately funding student debt and more scientific funding.

“When higher education is strong, the country is better off deviating,” added Wolfson, warning that the fall had taken a more “radical” response on campus – including massive strikes.

“We will need a political fight,” he added. “This is not an economic strike around our working conditions, but a political strike around the future of the industry.”