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As Harvard and Trump Face Off, Some in Higher Education See Academic Freedom and Taxpayer Funding Differently

Leaders from Hillsdale College, the University of Austin, and Harvard’s Republicans diverge from a left-leaning culture.
As Harvard and Trump Face Off, Some in Higher Education See Academic Freedom and Taxpayer Funding Differently
Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, on April 6, 2023. Hillsdale is a private conservative Christian liberal arts college. Chris duMond/Getty Images
Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
4/25/2025|Updated: 4/28/2025
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Then-Senator JD Vance said in 2021 that “the universities are the enemy.” Borrowed from President Richard Nixon, the language foreshadowed a battle that has intensified through the opening of the second Trump administration.

President Donald Trump’s team has frozen or cut taxpayer-funded research to pressure universities to shutter their diversity, equity, and inclusion offices, and to curb anti-Semitism on campus tied to the anti-Israel protests.

Nathan Worcester
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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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