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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s extortion. No previous White House has ever tried to use the power of the state to steer the nation’s preeminent institutions of higher learning in an ideological direction favored by the president.

“U.S. research universities, and the federal funding that supports them, are one major reason Americans have collected more Nobel Prizes than citizens of any other country. They also help make the United States the world’s innovation engine and the top destination for foreign students. No other country is as adept at converting raw human talent and ideas into cutting-edge products. Research universities anchor innovation clusters such as Silicon Valley, which in turn fuel the country’s economic growth.”

Nearly a month ago, for example, Columbia University agreed to most of the White House’s demands in the hopes that Trump and his team would restore $400 million in federal funding. Not only were those hopes soon dashed — Columbia didn’t get its money back — but the administration soon after proposed installing oversight personnel to help run the school in ways that would make the president happy.

In effect, the White House responded to Columbia’s appeasement by trying in part to take over Columbia.

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People cheering for this are puppets.  It’s the beginning of a fascist regime.  They want to control all of the elite universities so there are no alternative ideas or push back. Much like firing all the IGs. [/quote]

Obama sent letters threatening universities to install DEI or lose funding. Full compliance. [/quote]

It is the government's responsibility to uphold civil rights and non-discrimination laws. Call it "control" if you want - but it's controlling fairness.
The Trump administration's demands work against civil rights and are controlling ideology they agree with and eliminating opposing views. That is not appropriate government "control."
It isn't federal regulations or government policies that are to blame if students with more conservative views don't feel comfortable expressing those views on their campus, or similarly employees in a company. That's the result of the school and the company's chosen practices.
Is Trump going after Liberty University for being too conservative or too Christian?[/quote]

Trump administration is demanding as one of several conditions that Harvard stop discriminating against Asians and Harvard said no. Very simple. [/quote]

Not admitting a 100% Asian student body is not discrimination.
White people think their kids are discriminated against in favor of each Asian kid who gets admitted, or Black, or Latino. 
As stated somewhere upthread, a school cannot admit every student who applies. Period. And test scores are not the sole criteria - nor should they be.
As you note, demanding "as one of several conditions." It's those "several conditions" that cross the line and puts Harvard in the right to say no.

Again, is the administration going to go after Liberty University or others that are right-biased?[/quote]

Trump is trying to pick a fight, let's see if he wins or loses.[/quote]

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