{"id":286128,"date":"2025-10-11T00:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T23:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-fight-for-the-future-of-u-s-universities-bbc-americast\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T00:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T23:04:56","slug":"the-fight-for-the-future-of-u-s-universities-bbc-americast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-fight-for-the-future-of-u-s-universities-bbc-americast\/","title":{"rendered":"The fight for the future of U.S universities | BBC Americast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/wChxvfieW1c\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The fight for the future of U.S universities | BBC Americast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wChxvfieW1c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>There is a new deal on the table for American universities. <\/p>\n<p>After months of battles between the Trump administration and some of America\u2019s top universities, over access to funding and changes to admissions process, there is a new deal on the table. <\/p>\n<p>The White House is asking nine elite colleges to agree to President Trump\u2019s vision for American campuses in exchange for  \u201csubstantial and meaningful federal grants\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The White House says it will tackle elitism and racial bias but opponents of the deal say it limits the very thing that Trump says he wants free speech.  <\/p>\n<p>Justin and Anthony speak to Inez Stepman, Senior Policy and Legal Analyst for the Independent Women\u2019s Forum and Independent Women\u2019s Law Centre, to get an inside view into the administration\u2019s position on universities. <\/p>\n<p>HOSTS:<br \/>\n\u2022 Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter<br \/>\n\u2022 Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a new deal on the table for American universities. 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