Universities and the Enshittification of American Power
Farrel Corcoran | 21 August 2025 | Rebel
Why are American universities receiving such a thrashing from Trump? A torrent of policy changes has delivered disruption and dizzying uncertainty to every campus. For academics, it feels like the fog of war.
Trump’s ideologues had their pile of Executive Orders all ready to go this time, as the champagne glasses were packed away at the end of Inauguration Day frolics. They had been gearing up for years to take the United States firmly in a neofascist direction, with rapid fire ‘shock and awe’ tactics. They had learned their lesson from Trump’s previous, chaotic term in office, when precious time was wasted and the big MAGA project stalled…