President Trump has set his sights on defunding colleges, singling out some of the world’s wealthiest schools in what critics say is an attack on academic freedom.
The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.
The funding freezes are the latest and largest in a campaign against elite American universities that has resulted in roughly $3.3 billion in federal funds being suspended or put under review in just over a month.
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