Says Jon Fansmith, senior vice president for government relations and national engagement at the American Council on Education, about the Trump Administration freezing research funds from universities across the country. “It’s the definition of arbitrarily picking political targets and using threats and freezes and other things to try to bend institutions,” he said. “This is entirely unprecedented.” Read more in Inside Higher Education.
PERSPECTIVES: “It’s a Blunt-Force, Brutal Effort that is Really Harmful”
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