


Donald Trump comes for America’s public universities
But, so far, only those in enemy territory
IN THE WANING weeks of summer, the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is tranquil. A few students wander around wearing backpacks. Banners declaring UCLA the country’s “#1 public university” are inescapable (a claim that rankles the University of California, Berkeley, a state rival). A young woman lazes on the same lawn that—more than a year ago—was filled with tents housing students that were protesting against the war in Gaza. Now it is manicured and ready for the new academic year.
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