Raimund Löw in conversation with Reinhard Heinisch, Christian Grose and Linda Feldmann

HOW TRUMPS WAR AGAINST THE UNIVERSITIES IS CHANGING AMERICA

Outstanding universities are a source of research and innovation in the United States. Bright young people from all over the world used to dream of attending American elite universities. Not any more. The Trump administration considers Harvard and other institutions of higher education as liberal adversaries.  Foreign students, an important source of income for universities, feel rejected.   Billions of dollars of grants and federal contracts are frozen. Political activism is attacked as antisemitic. What does this assault on the famous elite universities mean for the education system as a whole? How efficient is the resistance against the threats from Washington DC? How successful are the attempts of the administration to create a climate of intimidation and to lead America in an authoritarian direction?

Reinhard Heinisch, Professor of Austrian Politics in Comparative European Perspective Department of Political Science, University of Salzburg

Christian Grose, Academic Director, USC Schwarzenegger Institute and Professor of Political Science and International Relations Professor of Public Policy University of Southern California

Linda Feldmann, Washington Bureau Chief The Christian Science Monitor

Moderation: Raimund Löw, journalist and historian, is editor of the podcast Falter Radio. He has been foreign correspondent for Austrian Radio and Television ORF in Washington DC, Beijing, Brussels and Moscow. He is author and coautor of several books on international affairs including Welt in Bewegung (2022), Weltmacht China (2018)