Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking a swing at President Donald Trump’s proposal to encourage nine universities to enact sweeping conservative policy reforms, calling it a “hostile takeover of America’s universities.”
Trump is promising favorable access to federal funding, including research grants, to universities that sign on to this political compact. But Newsom says that any California university that signs on risks losing billions in state funding.
“If any California University signs this radical agreement, they’ll lose billions in state funding — including Cal Grants — instantly,” Newsom said in a statement. “California will not bankroll schools that sell out their students, professors, researchers, and surrender academic freedom.”…