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Zimmerman on "The President and the Universities"

The first step in recovery is recognizing that you have a problem.

Jonathan H. Adler | 5.1.2026 11:15 AM

Professor Jonathan Zimmerman of the University of Pennsylvania has a worthwhile essay  on the state of higher education in Liberties (a relatively new journal that is routinely filled with worthwhile material). His essay, "The President and the Universities" begins:

In March of last year, about six weeks after Donald Trump returned to the White House, I traveled to Washington for a meeting of American education scholars. The opening panel focused — appropriately enough — on Trump's threats to university funding, free speech on campus, and more. Then it was time for questions, and I raised my hand. I said that I agreed with all the........

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