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"#Foreignstudents, we have about a million of them in the country right now. They contribute to the #economy if they stay here. There's a lot of Fortune 100 companies that began because of international students. If they become elites in their country, then we have pro-American elites. They also contribute financially to American #colleges and #universities. They're central to the business model."

#deportations
#censorship

pbs.org/newshour/show/foreign-

PBS News · Foreign policy experts offer views on Trump administration’s student activist crackdownBy Nick Schifrin

#Trump targets #college #accreditation process in new executive order | CNN Politics
#colleges #university #universities

The #executiveorder asks the secretary of education to “hold higher education accreditors accountable including through denial, monitoring, suspension, or termination for poor performance or violations to the federal Civil Rights Act,” a White House official told CNN ahead of the signing.

#pellgrants #studentloans

cnn.com/2025/04/23/politics/tr

CNN · Trump targeting college accreditation process in new executive orderBy Betsy Klein

Read the full letter from American Association of #Colleges & #Universities [#AACU] opposing ‘government intrusion’

>200 #college presidents & other officials signed a letter Tues protesting the “unprecedented #GovernmentOverreach & political interference” that higher #education is facing under the #Trump admin.

#law #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment #democracy #AbuseOfPower #AmericanAutocracy #Dictatorship
aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-c

How to dig your own grave, as a "resistance" group of #universities:

»The signatories come from large state schools, small liberal arts #colleges and Ivy League institutions, including the presidents of #Harvard, #Princeton and #Brown.

In the statement, the university presidents, as well as the leaders of several scholarly societies say they speak with “one voice” and call for “constructive engagement” with the #administration.

“We are open to constructive reform and do not oppose legitimate government oversight,” they write. “However, we must oppose undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live, and work on our campuses.”«

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · Over 150 US university presidents sign letter decrying Trump administrationBy Alice Speri

"It might sound odd to say that kids in high school have to learn the skills to sleep,” says Mansfield health teacher Tony Davis, who has incorporated a newly released sleep curriculum into a state-required high school health class. “But you’d be shocked how many just don’t know how to sleep.”

apnews.com/article/sleep-teena

A Mansfield Senior High School student rests during his health class on sleep, in Mansfield, Ohio, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
AP News · Sleep training for teens? These schools teach how to get enough restBy Jocelyn Gecker
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Most private, nonprofit #colleges & #universities are exempt from paying federal income taxes because they are classified as a 501(c)(3) organization with an #educational mission. Universities do pay other taxes, such as payroll taxes for employees.

“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit & hire, & which areas of study & inquiry they can pursue,” #Harvard President Alan Garber said in his message.