White House freezes funds for Cornell and Northwestern in latest crackdown

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : "Universities, despite rapidly escalating political, legal and financial risks, cannot afford to cede the space of public discourse and the free exchange of ideas," the Cornell University president Michael Kotlikoff wrote on 31 March.
22% : Pauses come after Trump officials sent warning letters to 60 US universities for 'failure to protect Jewish students' In early March, the Trump administration sent warning letters to 60 US universities it said were facing "potential enforcement actions" for what it described as "failure to protect Jewish students on campus" in the wake of widespread pro-Palestinian protests on campuses last year.
20% : " Trump has attempted to crack down on pro-Palestinian campus protests against US ally Israel's devastating military assault on Gaza, which has caused a humanitarian crisis in the territory following a deadly October 2023 attack by Hamas.

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