Trump directive ties university research funding to ‘free speech’
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Rebecca Trager2019-03-27T14:30:00
US academic groups are worried by the new executive order that threatens $35 billion in research funding
President Trump has signed an executive order to promote ‘free speech’ on university campuses and has threatened to cut research funding from those deemed to have suppressed it. Unsurprisingly, this has drawn a sharp response from organisations representing universities.