Schools brace for cuts and investigations as the president-elect and his advisers make them a prime target of their ‘anti-woke’ crusadeWhat are Donald Trump’s plans to overhaul US colleges and universities?US universities are bracing for funding cuts and investigations under the incoming administration, as Donald Trump and his advisers have billed them an “enemy” and made them a prime target of their rightwing, anti-woke crusade.While attacks over critical race theory and diversity and inclusion initiatives have long been part of conservative campaigns against higher education, experts say that the nationwide campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza over the last year, and a push to crack down on them that has often attracted support from Democrats, will probably provide the incoming administration their opening salvo. Continue reading...