Professor explains why heโs leaving Yale for Toronto as colleges react to Trumpโs threats
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๐ฐ The Trump administration is reviewing about $9 billion in federal grants to Harvard, citing the schoolโs response to anti-Semitism.
๐ Princeton had several dozen of its federal grants halted.
๐ถโโ๏ธ Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley is leaving the U.S. โก๏ธ to teach at the University of Toronto in Canada ๐จ๐ฆ.
๐ช Stanley says heโs making the move so he can โraise his kids in a country ๐ thatโs not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship ๐ โ.
๐ค Stanley would have wanted all universities ๐๏ธ to collectively challenge the notion that free speech ๐ฃ๏ธ and protest โ threaten Jewish students โก๏ธ.
โ๏ธ Stanley believes the Trump administration is waging a war ๐ฅ against universities ๐ซ.
๐๏ธ Stanley emphasizes that a universityโs democratic nature ๐ณ๏ธ is essential to its existence ๐ฏ.
๐ฅบ Stanleyโs children ๐ง๐ง are aware of the political climate ๐ฐ and the reasons for their move ๐๐จ.