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2 months agoEmerging from a collective silence, U.S. universities organize to fight President Trump
University leaders have united against perceived government overreach threatening academic independence.
"Columbia recognizes the real-world political situation that it is in," a fellow at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, Steve McGuire, tells the Sun.
In attempting to balance competing forces, they pleased no one, offering statements too vague to satisfy activists yet too equivocal to reassure critics.