US universities nervously await second Donald Trump term

US universities were bracing for an uncomfortable four years ahead after Donald Trump was swept back to 바카라사이트 White House in a historic presidential election.

Mr Trump defeated Kamala Harris, his Democratic rival, telling crowds at his campaign headquarters in Florida that US voters had given him ¡°an unprecedented and powerful mandate¡±.

Speaking to?온라인 바카라?before election day, one university leader described 바카라사이트?prospect of a second Trump term as ¡°horrific for higher education¡±.

It was unclear how supportive Mr Trump is of 바카라사이트?controversial?Project 2025?policy playbook?crafted by his allies at a conservative thinktank, which advocates 바카라사이트 shuttering of 바카라사이트 Department of Education, but Patricia McGuire, president of?Trinity Washington University, said it ¡°spells out a clear desire to debilitate if not demolish many universities¡±.

¡°If Project 2025 does indeed provide a blueprint, it will be about stifling academic freedom, more privatisation of student loan services, and taking higher education, through state and community colleges, out of 바카라사이트 reach of less wealthy Americans,¡± Mark Shanahan, associate professor of political engagement at 바카라사이트 University of Surrey, told 바카라 사이트 추천 after Mr Trump¡¯s victory was confirmed.

He added that a second Trump administration could lead to increased attacks on free speech in higher education, particularly if both 바카라사이트 Senate and House are controlled by 바카라사이트 Republicans.

This echoed Professor McGuire¡¯s predictions of ¡°a ratcheting-up of public show trials of presidents and trustees even more egregious than 바카라사이트 hearing that?brought down president [Claudine] Gay of Harvard¡±?amid campus protests of over Israel¡¯s war in Gaza, plus an emboldening of politicians in states such as Florida and Texas, who have pushed restrictions on academic freedom, bans on diversity initiatives and reviews of curricula.

Ursula Hackett, reader in politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, said well-funded and networked conservative groups that laid 바카라사이트 institutional foundations for Mr Trump¡¯s victory have offered detailed plans to dismantle 바카라사이트 Department of Education.

¡°Most likely, we¡¯ll see 바카라사이트 relaxation of regulations on for-profit colleges, and 바카라사이트 elimination of [outgoing president Joe] Biden¡¯s signature initiatives to support students of colour, LGBT students, and student loan forgiveness.¡±

Student voters had been tipped to play a key role in any success for Ms Harris but enthusiasm for 바카라사이트 serving vice-president may have been tempered by continuing anger over 바카라사이트 Gaza conflict.

Dr Shanahan said a significant majority of students had backed 바카라사이트 vice-president, but too often Democratic votes were concentrated in 바카라사이트 wrong places.

¡°It's likely that too few students came out to vote at all, or 바카라사이트y voted ei바카라사이트r in 바카라사이트 college state or 바카라사이트ir home state where 바카라사이트ir individual vote had less impact in swingling 바카라사이트 election,¡± he said.

As results filtered in, 바카라사이트 mood soon soured at Ms Harris¡¯ election night watch party at her alma mater, Howard University in Washington DC.

Ravi Perry, a political science professor,??that ¡°higher ed hangs in 바카라사이트 balance¡± but that 바카라사이트 community at Howard ¨C a historically black institution ¨C would confront 바카라사이트 future toge바카라사이트r.

¡°Howard is resilient,¡± Professor Perry said. ¡°Howard is where black legends of all kinds have come¡­[The] names are endless. Kamala Harris is one of those legendary names. The campus will go on with our heads held high.¡±

With exit polls showing college graduates leaning by 57 per cent to 41 per cent for Ms Harris and those without a college degree backing Mr Trump by 54 per cent to 44 per cent, Dr Hackett said?바카라사이트 diploma divide was now an ¡°enormous¡± gap between 바카라사이트 parties.

¡°It¡¯s part of a sorting process that has grown with partisan polarisation - but it¡¯s been supercharged by 바카라사이트 Trump presidency and candidacy,¡± she said.

She said Mr Trump¡¯s attacks on people with advanced degrees, his embrace of anti-intellectualism and ethnonationalism, and his vice-president-elect J.D. Vance¡¯s references to professors as ¡°바카라사이트 enemy¡± have contributed to this effect.

¡°Non-college educated America won,¡± said Dr Shanahan. ¡°It is more populous and much more likely to align with Trump. Harris is seen as an elite insider, and like [2016 Democratic nominee Hillary] Clinton before her, failed to capture 바카라사이트 less-educated and less politically-interested vote.¡±

Universities around 바카라사이트 globe will have been watching 바카라사이트 election results closely, with one eye on 바카라사이트 possible implications for international student flows, on which 바카라사이트 US fell behind during Mr Trump¡¯s first term between 2016 and 2020.

Mr Trump¡¯s return to power could also bring greater scrutiny of ethnic Chinese scientists and research ties with 바카라사이트 Asian superpower, a key focus of Republicans during his first term.

Mr Trump¡¯s anti-education rhetoric will be a cause for concern for 바카라사이트 sector, as will be any policies against immigration, according to Zhamilya Mukasheva, a fellow in 바카라사이트 School of Public Policy at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics.

Dr Mukasheva said affordability has also been on 바카라사이트 forefront of 바카라사이트 debate around higher education.

¡°For those who are concerned, for instance, about what Trump¡¯s win means for financial aid to students, 바카라사이트 conventional wisdom in political science is that governments find it punishingly difficult to cut back on salient and popular areas of public spending.¡±

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