Trump's Controversial Influence on UCLA Sparks Political and Academic Tensions
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The Trump administration proposed a $1.2 billion settlement to UCLA, demanding sweeping changes in campus policies on hiring, admissions, gender identity, protests, and civil rights, in exchange for releasing federal research grants, amid ongoing investigations into antisemitism and discrimination allegations. The proposal has sparked significant controversy and negotiations, with UC leaders criticizing the demands as threats to university values and funding.
- Here are the details of Trump’s $1.2-billion call to remake UCLA in a conservative image Los Angeles Times
- UCLA researchers host science fair to showcase work suspended by the Trump administration LAist
- Gov. Gavin Newsom pushes back on Trump administration’s funding cuts to UCLA Daily Bruin
- Caught in a Political Fight, UCLA Professors Grapple With Uncertainties Large and Small The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Revealed: Trump letter to UCLA littered with grammatical and factual errors alternet.org
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