Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
#Extortion

#Trump Wants #UCLA to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its #Research#Funding

The Trump administration has ended about $500 million for the #LosAngeles based #university. Trump said he wanted nearly double that to restart the flow of funds.

#law#Constitution#AcademicFreedom
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-ucla-research-funding-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

The #Trump proposal calls for the #university to make a $1 billion payment to the #US government & to contribute $172 million to a claims fund that would compensate victims [privileged white men] of #CivilRights violations.

If #UCLA accedes to the demand, it would be the largest payout—by far—of any university that has so far reached a deal with Trump. #Columbia agreed to pay $221M in connection with its settlement, & Brown pledged to spend $50M with state work force programs.

#law
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

The University of California’s president, James B. Milliken, said in a statement on Friday that the university had “just received a document from the Department of Justice & is reviewing it.”

He added, “As a public university, we are stewards of taxpayer resources, & a payment of this scale would completely devastate our country’s greatest public university system as well as inflict great harm on our students & all Californians.”

#Trump #extortion#UCLA #law#Constitution#AcademicFreedom
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
#Extortion

#Trump Wants #UCLA to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its #Research#Funding

The Trump administration has ended about $500 million for the #LosAngeles based #university. Trump said he wanted nearly double that to restart the flow of funds.

#law#Constitution#AcademicFreedom
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-ucla-research-funding-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare