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pxmolina

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#USA #Trump #Harvard #Education #Universities #USUniversities

May 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM

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#USUniversities are an adornment to humanity, and motivated or ignorant attacks on them should be mourned by thinking people of all nationalities.

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Ramachandra Guha examines the wider implications of #DonaldTrump's attacks on American educational institutions.

June 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM

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They were ordered to leave the country not just for allegedly participating in protests on American university campuses, but also for allegedly sharing or liking related social media posts, the newspaper reported.

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#USUniversities #CampusProtest

March 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM

Prof Phoebe Barnard

@phoebebarnard.bsky.social

If one wants to run a big strong country into the ground within a decade, this is a great way to do it. So, we might well ask, who benefits? 🤯😣

#internationalstudents #visafreeze #cutoffyournosetospiteyourface #crashandburn #USuniversities

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · May 27

*International students represent about 15% of all higher ed students.
*They subsidize US students, so expect domestic student costs to increase
*Trump complains about tariffs but he is destroying an industry where the US is a huge net exporter
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May 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM

Euros2999

@euros2999.bsky.social

#ColumbiaUniversity #USUniversities
#BoycottColumbiaUniversity

Boycott Columbia University after concessions to trump.

March 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM

iwpost.bsky.social

@iwpost.bsky.social

Why China’s Silicon Valley won’t need American degrees#AmericanEducation #Block2 #ChinaManufacturing #Chinatech #ChineseUniversities #NatureIndex #Opinion #USUniversities #USChinarivalry

September 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Sight Magazine

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Newsom calls Trump’s $US1 billion UCLA settlement offer extortion, says California won’t bow @sightmagazine.bsky.social #UCLA #GavinNewsom #DonaldTrump #USuniversities

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Newsom calls Trump's $US1 billion UCLA settlement offer extortion, says California won't bow - Sight Magazine

Gavin Newsom said that a $US1 billion settlement offer by Trump's administration for UCLA amounted to political extortion.

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August 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM

Neptune InIowa

@neptune78.bsky.social

The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America: newrepublic.com/article/1970...
#USNews #publiceducation #Trump #Republicans #BigBeautifulBill full of shit. #TNR #HigherEducation #USuniversities #Harvard #college #wealthy #Authoritarianism #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #PresidentBiden

The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America

Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is an extinction-level event for higher education that would annihilate the country’s intellectual potential.

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June 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM

raveslave1210.bsky.social

@raveslave1210.bsky.social

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Life of an International Student 🤣 #shorts #india #uk #usuniversities #canada #ukuniversity #ukvisa

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September 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM

Katherine Stiles

@katherinestiles.org

🎓Higher Education🎓 #AcademicSky #USUniversities #Trump
Frozen research funding, rising endowment taxes and other concerns have prompted some of the nation’s wealthiest universities to shed jobs despite their multibillion-dollar endowments, @byjoshmoody.bsky.social reports via @insidehighered.com.

How Trump Forced Cuts at Wealthy Universities

Frozen research funding, rising endowment taxes and other concerns have prompted some of the nation’s wealthiest universities to shed jobs despite their multibillion-dollar endowments.

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August 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM

Cheryl Hardy 🇬🇧

@matteroffactfinder.bsky.social

'Don't fight alone': Universities band together to defend against Trump attacks

#USuniversities #FightForDemocracy

#Authoritarianism #Dictatorships #Facism

#Trump #Republicans #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpIsAWannabeDictator #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica

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'Don't fight alone': Universities band together to defend against Trump attacks

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April 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM

raveslave1210.bsky.social

@raveslave1210.bsky.social

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Life of an International Student 🤣 #shorts #india #uk #usuniversities #canada #ukuniversity #ukvisa

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September 22, 2026 at 7:42 AM

Neptune InIowa

@neptune78.bsky.social

Why so many universities are rejecting the White House's proposed 'compact' www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo... via @msnbc
#USNews #NowReading #Politics #TrumpAdmin #HigherEducation #USUniversities

Why so many universities are rejecting the White House’s proposed ‘compact’

Team Trump sent several leading U.S. universities a proposed one-sided deal. They’re balking at the offer, and it’s worth understanding why.

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October 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM

Raffaella Isidori

@zetaraffix.com

“Land of the free.” Not.

#Harvard
#USUniversities
#muzzles

a red white and blue flag with white stars on a black background

Alt: An upsidedown US flag

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May 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM

Underground USA

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🧧 Report Exposes 1000 CCP-Linked United Front Groups Operating Across the US

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#News #Politics #Government #CommunistChina #USUniversities #ChineseUnitedFrontGroups #UnrestrictedWarfare #Infiltration @highlight @everyone

February 12, 2026 at 6:40 PM

Indiaweekly

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US colleges see 15 per cent drop in Indian undergraduate applicants: Report

#IndianStudents #StudyInUSA #USUniversities #HigherEducation #StudyAbroad #StudentVisa

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The US Study Abroad Slump: Indian Applications to US Colleges Drop 15% in Record Record Decline

The number of Indian students seeking admission to US colleges declined 15 per cent in 2025-26 from the previous year, while international applicants fell 10 per cent overall through March 1, accordin...

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August 25, 2026 at 11:28 AM

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Most of the best universities in the world are still in the US. By educating and influencing scholars from all over the world, they have enormously enhanced the country’s soft power.

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Ramachandra Guha examines the wider implications of #Trump's attack on #USUniversities.

Ramachandra Guha: Trump’s attack on US universities is a tragedy for the entire world

These academic institutions have nourished an apparently unending stream of scientific creativity.

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June 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM

AnnieByAnyOtherName

@felieternalstudent.bsky.social

Texas A&M: We support our staff.

Republicans: How dare you not teach my personal political agenda?! Burn them!

Texas A&M: You know what? We agree! Burn them!

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#TrumpsAmerica #TexasAMUniversity #FreedomOfSpeech #LGBTQIA #GenderIsntBinary #USA #USACollapse #Republicans #FreeSpeech #USUniversities

September 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM

fossilfreeusa.bsky.social

@fossilfreeusa.bsky.social

#USuniversities are now swinging back and forth in their suppression of speech, all in response to pressure from Trump. >1000students have been punished for proPalestinian speech. The traditional role of universities as spaces where political speech is protected has been lost.

August 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM