Threatening to or actually removing federal funding is one thing, but this is absolutely bizarre: > In a letter sent Thursday night, federal officials said the

Threatening to or actually removing federal funding is one thing, but this is absolutely bizarre: > In a letter sent Thursday night, federal officials said the university must immediately place its Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department under “academic receivership for a minimum of five years.” The federal government has no business trying to claim control of an academic department in a private institution (nor in public but state-owned institutions).