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Douglas Belkin

ARTICLES BY DOUGLAS BELKIN

Flowers rest on a bench on Brown University's campus in Providence, R.I. (The Sun Chronicle via AP)

Two young physicists seemed bound for greatness—until one killed the other

5 min read . 20 Dec 2025

The gunshots that exploded in an Ivy League lecture hall Saturday afternoon took the lives of two students and injured nine others. (REUTERS)

A night huddled in lockdown at Brown: ‘It could’ve been any one of us’

4 min read . 15 Dec 2025

When Trump began accusing universities of being Marxist indoctrination factories, Yalies girded themselves. (AP)

How Yale escaped the crackdown on higher education

5 min read . 10 Nov 2025

Since the 2023 Supreme Court ruling, the number of schools using legacy preferences is down 18%. (AP)

A backlash's growing against another elite college practice: ‘Legacy’ admissions

5 min read . 24 Oct 2025

A Harvard sign is seen at the Harvard University campus in Boston, Massachusetts. (File Photo: AFP)

Trump administration plans new financial strike on Harvard

1 min read . 30 Sept 2025

A US judge ordered the Trump administration on September 3, 2025 to overturn deep funding cuts to Harvard University that froze more than $2 billion over allegations of antisemitism and bias at the Ivy League institution. (Photo: AFP)

White House holds many levers in fight with Harvard

3 min read . 05 Sept 2025

Trump's administration is aggressively targeting elite universities, like Harvard, over alleged antisemitism and liberal bias, threatening federal funding and student visas. (AP)

The punch that launched Trump’s war on American universities

9 min read . 29 May 2025

A flag displayed on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. President Donald Trump said Harvard University would lose its tax-exempt status, stepping up his attack on the Ivy League school with a threat that was decried as out of his jurisdiction. (Photo: Bloomberg)

The billionaire hotel scion at the center of the fight over Harvard

5 min read . 07 May 2025

Harvard defies Trump admin demands, risking funding to defend academic freedom and autonomy. (Image: AFP)

How Harvard ended up leading the university fight against Trump

5 min read . 16 Apr 2025

The Trump administration has targeted Harvard University with a review of $9 billion in federal grants and contracts.

Harvard’s $9 billion scramble to avoid becoming the next Columbia

4 min read . 02 Apr 2025

Trump has promised to close the Education Department and has criticized U.S. school spending.

Trump gears up for assault on wokeness with education overhaul

4 min read . 12 Nov 2024

The Harvard Corporation is the oldest corporation in the Western Hemisphere, according to its website.

As Pressure on Harvard President Increases, University Board Feels the Squeeze

6 min read . 25 Dec 2023

Donors, Alumni Helped Take Down an Ivy League President. Is This a Moment or a Movement?

Donors, Alumni Helped Take Down an Ivy League President. Is This a Moment or a Movement?

6 min read . 17 Dec 2023

Students at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst protested outside of the chancellor’s office last month.

Gaza Protests at Colleges Open a Generational Divide

9 min read . 28 Nov 2023

Halloween day in Salem last year.

Living in the Middle of Halloween Central Is Not Wicked Fun

5 min read . 27 Oct 2023

Oxford is followed by Harvard University, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley, Yale University and Imperial College London (Reuters)

American Universities continue to falter in world rankings as China rises

4 min read . 12 Oct 2022

Scientists compare the shadow cast by the pandemic across this generation to the imprint left on the children of The Great Depression. (Photo: AP)

How the covid pandemic will follow today’s kids into adulthood

6 min read . 09 Aug 2022

ITT Tech shut down in 2016, after the government banned it from enrolling new students receiving federal aid.

US forgives $1.1 billion in debt for former ITT Tech students

1 min read . 27 Aug 2021

Colleges grapple with costs for Covid-19 tests, unvaccinated students ( Photo: Reuters)

Colleges grapple with costs for Covid-19 tests, unvaccinated students

4 min read . 21 Aug 2021

File Photo: The CDC said the order is an 'emergency action' and that it would be enforced by state, federal and local law officials (REUTERS)

CDC to require masks on all forms of public transportation

2 min read . 01 Feb 2021