Trump Finally Drops the Anti-Semitism Pretext
The latest letter to Harvard makes clear that the administration’s goal is to punish liberal institutions for the crime of being liberal.
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Taxing endowments is likely to weaken elite institutions, not fix them. That’s the point.
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: spxChrome / Getty. The Worst Job in America
Who would want to be president of an Ivy League school?
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Education Images / Getty; filo / Getty. What Harvard Learned From Columbia’s Mistake
If cooperation and even capitulation don’t get you anywhere, why give in to the Trump administration’s demands?
Erica Denhoff / IconSportswire / Getty The DEI Catch-22
Columbia researchers believe their grants are being cut because of diversity components that were imposed by the federal government.
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The Trump administration’s confusing instructions to universities have generated a flurry of nomenclature modifications—a kind of anti-woke theater.
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Secret That Colleges Should Stop Keeping
Despite ever-higher sticker prices, the real cost of getting a degree has been going down.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Race-Blind College-Admissions Era Is Off to a Weird Start
After the fall of affirmative action, things have not gone the way anyone expected.
Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. How Gen Z Came to See Books as a Waste of Time
Young people might be responding to a cultural message: Reading just isn’t that important.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Achisatha Khamsuwan / Getty; jayk7 / Getty. Election Night Jubilation Outside Mar-a-Lago
For one night, at least, the anger and paranoia were gone. Only the joy remained.
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