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‘An American tale’? What historians tell us about the Trump admin’s attacks on higher ed

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Mass Live, October 2025

As the Vietnam War raged overseas, a different kind of battle ignited on American soil.

Thousands of students surged into action across college campuses — standing on window ledges of occupied buildings, holding handmade signs scrawled with anti-war messages, and burning their draft cards. Their urgency, echoed through lecture halls and spilled into the streets, turned universities into epicenters of resistance.

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