How the US government puts under pressure-Diepresse.com
Canceled federal funds and no more visas for foreign students: Elisabeth Postl explains how Donald Trump’s government tries to put university under pressure and to gain influence on science.
The US government will initially stop visa procedures for foreign students: only the last escalation level in Donald Trump’s feud against US universities, the world-famous elite university Harvard Above all. Last week the US government banned Harvard to accept international students; The ban was overturned shortly afterwards by a federal court. In addition, there are deleted subsidies in billions of bills, all of which are accusation that the university is left -wing extremist and anti -Semitic.
Elisabeth PostlU.S. correspondent of the « press », explains in this episode why international students and intellectual elites in particular become a target and what damage is caused by the USA and research location in the USA.
Guest: Elisabeth Postl, US correspondent « Die Presse »
Host: Christine Mayrhofer
Cut: AudioFunnel/Dominik Lanterdinger
Credits: KSDK News
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