Confronting the escalating attacks on universities

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Welcome to IDEAS. I'm Nala Ayad. Academic freedom has declined more quickly in the US than in in any other country in the past year. This is University of Regina Professor Mark Spooner. With his opening remarks in a panel discussion I moderated called Knowledge Under Siege. Harvard is White House's biggest target, but professors all over the country have been censoring themselves.

and avoiding provocative topics. And rewriting grants. That threat to academic freedom in the US. Come straight from Donald Trump. Who's launched lawsuits and tried to freeze research funding.

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