When President Donald Trump began his attack on Columbia University, teachers around the United States saw the wall writing: If Ivy League school was tremendously funding It can stumbleOther schools are likely to be in line with Trump’s ridiculous demands as well.
Skops began at the basis of higher education to appear already. One of the professors, who asked not to be identified for fear of losing her job, teaches sexual studies at a university targeted by Trump.
It has started to change the name of the offices that may be considered to promote Diversity, fairness and inclusion. Then, programs aimed at employing and retaining faculty members were closed.
Students have advised graduate studies, that is, colored people and students on visas, by professors to start using icon words in their research papers, fearing that the Trump administration will report their studies.
The professor, who reminds her of colleagues studying in Iran, stated that her fears about her fears because she noticed her actions that reflect her friends who live under an authoritarian system.
She said: “Seeing some of the same considerations that my friends enact in places like Iran is very annoying.” “I do not like to make this type of comparison, because I believe that the words we use should be really intended so that you do not lose power.”
She said: “But you know, advise students not to travel, advise students to scan their social media accounts, and advise students to the title of their research projects in encrypted ways. I mean, these are all the things that my friends do in Iranian universities always for self -protection.”
In addition to Trump’s investigation in Colombia, the eyes were running Mahmoud Khalil—A. Permanent legal resident Which was arrested and detained by his involvement in the pro-Palestinians protests-And Trump travel ban This reminds us of his Islamic ban for the year 2017.
Khalil is now classified as a “terrorist” by the Trump administration.
“We are professional obsessive. We are discussing the difference between speech and discourse. To be described as” terrorists “crazy for me,” professor told Daily Kos.
Trump targeted universities in two different ways.
On the one hand, he claims that universities participate in the “approval race” practices that leave white students through programs that specifically seek to include diverse students. On the other hand, it is also claiming that universities create anti -Semitic environments through their teachings on Palestine and Israel and the continuous protests on the campus of universities.
But the professor said that these allegations are simply an attempt to higher education – at least -. At most, it can completely close the higher education system.
“We are somewhat enjoying more censorship. I think we can expand more surveillance levels. I think we can expand the large scale discounts, which have already started,” she said.
In her own studies, she says she was the goal of right -wing attacks. Through closed doors meetings with ethics review board, she discovered that she was targeted because her research included major words such as “Women”, “Muslims” and “LGBTQ”.
Meanwhile, her university – like many others – was silent because Colombia surrendered to Trump’s demands.
On March 21, Colombia Agreed To implement policy changes on its Middle East program and change the rules related to protests on the campus.
The professor said: “I have not seen many comfortable data from universities that would convince me that we are protected, just as I have not seen many comfortable data from the elected officials.”
Another professor of Queer and Trans and, who also asked not to disclose his identity, told Daily Kos that they are afraid of what is happening in Colombia, and did not provide them with the silence of their university any peace.
They said: “I am not an American citizen, and I am an unusual person, as they said. I am looking for another person to tell me that I will support, and I haven’t got it yet.”
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