Since Donald Trump was inaugurated, his administration has announced cut after cut to federal funding for education and research in the United States, affecting education programs from early childhood literacy efforts to major research institutions. These cuts are sabotaging the education of US citizens and residents, reducing the country’s capacity for education and knowledge production in everything from math to languages to history to the sciences.
Trump’s ire has been particularly focused on higher education, with massive reductions in federal grants to major research universities like Columbia University and MIT. These cuts are already impacting higher ed, with many major institutions rescinding offers…