In a democracy, colleges and private institutions like Harvard are expected to be havens bursting with

free thought and expression. As a high school student, I've always imagined the 'picture perfect'

campus: a place where ideas are challenged, worldviews expanded, and academic freedom

protected. However, recent actions by  the Trump administration have dented that ideal, replacing it with a

growing concern about governmental overreach into academic autonomy.  If the government can

interfere so aggressively in a university’s autonomy–dictating who they can admit, what they can teach,

and how they operate–what kind of future is laid out for students like me?[…] CONTINUE READING