Elite academia is in crisis because of a refusal to accommodate ordinary Americans and an unaccountable class of bureaucrats who treat universities as corporate brands rather than institutions of learning.
The Trump administration's approach towards Brown University reflects its escalating focus on campus antisemitism, revealing the administration's readiness to leverage federal funding as a means of enforcing policy change.
The group of Republican attorneys general warned that adopting the divestment proposal could drive states to terminate relations with Brown, affecting university finances and funding.