#AttackonUniversities hashtag - Bluesky

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11 months ago

Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump The target then was the nonexistent threat of Communist teachers; today, it’s the supposed radicalism of the academy and its alleged failure to fight antisemitism.

One of the main differences between today’s attack on higher education and that of the 1950s is that the current onslaught, led off by the not inconsiderable power of the federal government, touches almost every aspect of higher education. #AttackOnUniversities