From the start of Trump’s second term, American universities have seen a withholding of federal funds, including those funnelled into important research projects by bodies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF). More than half of the research spending of universities comes from federal sources. Each year, universities spend at least $102 billion on research, while an additional $102 billion is given by Federal Student Aid in the form of grants, loans and work-study programmes. Federal cuts had gutted at least $3.7 billion by mid-year, with potential fallouts for hundreds of American universities. Among...