Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor, University of Pennsylvania, writing in the New York Times: “Ms. McMahon doesn’t spell out consequences for noncompliance, but as the American Council of Learned Societies has noted, her letter should be understood in the context of the damage that the administration has already done to higher education. Since returning to office, President Trump has pursued a multipronged assault, threatening universities with the loss of federal funding and tax-exempt status and putting up barriers to enrolling international students and hiring international faculty.” Read more here.

Thanks to Roger Barbee for bringing this commentary to our attention.