An Interview with Ivy Wilson
On the Current State of Higher Education in the United States
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.13136/2281-4582/2025.i26.1740Keywords:
Ivy Wilson, Higher Education, DEI, Research, PoliticsAbstract
This contribution provides an overview of the recent events that affected the Department of Education as well as higher education in the United States since the beginning of President Trump’s second term. The second part of the article presents an interview with Ivy Wilson, Board of Visitors Professor at Northwestern University.
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