Academics react to Trump's election: "Serious threats to higher education"

"As educators, we’re facing a critical moment. Recent policies proposed by the Trump administration—coupled with budget cuts at many universities—pose serious threats to higher education, potentially limiting access, rolling back civil rights protections, and straining the support systems our students rely on. But we have a responsibility to act", says Laura Mishne Heller, Lecturer at the University of Dayton (U.S.), on 10/11/2024 on LinkedIn.

Academics and politicians from all over the world take on the social media platform to react to the U.S. presidential election which took place on 05/11/2024 and saw the victory of the Republican candidate Donald J. Trump.

Among academics, reactions are mainly worried about what a second Trump administration could mean for universities and colleges.

"The alignment already seen in the proposed College Cost Reduction Act and the End Woke Higher Education Act creates political momentum for further federal intervention into the day-to-day activities of universities", declares John Aubrey Douglass, Senior Research Fellow and Research Professor at UC…