{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf/681e50e9365a6906d3945e87?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Swamp Notes: Trump takes on higher ed","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621e1a5bf5df83377cc948b8/1746817211359-bcefa228-bebf-4dfb-a6f0-6b60f1ab5666.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Description: </strong>US<strong> </strong>President Donald Trump is in an ongoing standoff with America’s top universities. Harvard lost $2.3bn in federal funding after it refused to comply with the administration’s demands on admissions and diversity, equity and inclusion. Columbia complied with a similar set of demands, but still lost $400mn. The FT’s global education editor Andrew Jack and acting Washington correspondent Myles McCormick join to discuss the issues at hand and why other universities could be next.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/42RNedM\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump to block Harvard from federal grants</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/42PNI3X\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard sues Trump administration over funding freeze</a>&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://ep.ft.com/newsletters/56a64b704f693a0300dfab7e/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here</a></p><p><br></p><p>Swamp Notes is produced by Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is our acting co-head of audio. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/74f6dc18-153c-42c9-9e8f-eeac1b0b5292\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}