Trump vs. the Ivy League Week in Education

MIKE LACHANCE APR 19, 2025 7:25 AM

Trump started this battle with Columbia but the conflict with Harvard has been more explosive.

• Harvard Dean of Students Says College Diversity Offices Have No Plans to Cut Programming
• Harvard Won’t Comply With Trump’s Demands to Dismantle DEI, Limit Protests
• Trump Responds to Harvard’s Defiance by Freezing $2.3 Billion More in Grant Funding

This is when things got real.

• Trump Drops the Big One on Harvard, Asks IRS to Revoke Their Tax-Exempt Status

Everyone is getting in on it.

• Republican Lawmakers Launch Investigation Into High Ivy League Tuition Prices
• CNN’s Scott Jennings Knocks Democrats Over Their Defense of Harvard
• “Harvard would be well advised not to bite the hand that feeds you”

Harvard is out of control.

• Law Students at Harvard Hold ‘Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon’ Targeting Firms That Criticized School’s Response to Antisemitism

Technically, this issue is not confined to the ivies.

• Georgetown U. Students Protesting Trump Student Visa Policies Removed by Police
• Trump Admin Cuts Princeton’s Eco-Research Funding, Asserting It Creates ‘Climate Anxiety’

The left thinks they can do whatever they want.

• Self-Described Communist Instructor at Washington State U. Allegedly Assaulted Student Over Trump Hat

Getting results.

• Six Discriminatory Scholarships at Westfield State U (MA) Challenged by Equal Protection Project

And they absolutely will not let go of their obsession with gender.

• Amherst College Course to Explore ‘History of Race and Gender’ Through Comic Books
• STEM Panelist at UW-Madison Says Gender Binary is ‘Eugenic Construct’

Will they?

• Universities “Need to Look Inward” As To Cause Of Backlash Against Higher Ed

No real consequences?

• The Strange Case of the Stanford 12: $700K in Damage, Felony Charges, and … Community Service?

She’s right.

• Professor Camille Paglia Goes Off in Rant About Administrative Bloat in Higher Education

This what people learn in college?

• NYU Holds Event to Promote the Decriminalization of ‘Sex Work’

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