The opaque process, part of a strategy by conservatives to realign the liberal tilt of elite universities, has upended higher education.

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It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.

The decision by a judge in Louisiana is an early victory for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, but a broader challenge is still being heard in federal court in Newark.

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Antisemitism is real. But the enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend.

Federal immigration officials are rescinding the legal status of some international students, using rarely invoked powers.

Colleges and teaching hospitals are the cornerstones of the city’s economy — and identity. But federal funding cuts to higher education could change that.

Law firms and universities do not need to capitulate. Here’s how they can fight back.

America is in a period of profound national regression. Where will the country end up?

As with most confrontations, the merits in this clash are not one sided. But the Trump administration is acting in bad faith.

Readers discuss how universities should respond to the administration’s demands and threats to cut off funding.

As Bertolt Brecht wrote, it is an unhappy land that needs heroes.

And how universities can fight the president’s “destroying agenda.”