The Trump administration is using the threat of a funding cutoff to demand sweeping changes at Columbia University, including a drastic overhaul of its system of student discipline, and the putting of one of its academic departments into receivership. Does the federal government really have that power?
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Walter Olson
Alarming news for university independence, from the New York Times: “The Trump administration on Thursday demanded that Columbia University make dramatic changes in student discipline and admissions before it would discuss lifting the cancellation of $400 million in government grants and contracts.”