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that have allowed colleges to become dominated by Marxist maniacs. We will accept new accreditors who will impose real standards on colleges.”


FOLLOW THE MONEY Trump’s primary weapon in his war


against leftist campuses remains tar- geting the left where it hits hardest: the wallet. The amount of federal dollars flow- ing into wealthy colleges is staggering. In 2024, Harvard secured $686.5


million through federal grants and contracts, part of the $150 billion allo- cated by taxpayers to higher education each year, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Harvard University’s endowment


fund was valued at $53.2 billion as of June 30, 2024, making it the largest academic endowment in the world. However, Harvard’s unwillingness


to ban masks at protests, dismantle its DEI programs, or modify its admis-


SYMBOL OF HOPE


Beacon of liberal arts thrives without a dime of government support.


A


s President Donald Trump targets Harvard and other prestigious


universities by slashing billions in federal funding due to concerns over antisemitism, excessive diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices, and progressive groupthink, a small nondenominational Christian college in southern Michigan is emerging as a symbol of hope. Since 2000, Hillsdale College has,


under President Larry Arnn’s leadership, attracted attention for its staunch refusal to accept any government funding. “We don’t take a single


cent,” Arnn told The Wall Street Journal in an April 2025 interview. “Nobody gives us any money unless they want to.”


60 NEWSMAX | JUNE 2025 ARNN This independence allows Hillsdale


(Motto: Strength rejoices in the challenge), a liberal arts college founded in 1844 by Free Will Baptists, to avoid bureaucratic constraints such as Title IX and Title VI, along with other university compliance requirements linked to federal funding. By operating as a self-suficient


college — Hillsdale depends on private donations to supplement students’ tuition — it remains immune to the political challenges that other institutions of higher learning face. For example, on Jan. 20,


2021, after former President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 13985, which established a government-wide initiative to embed equity and DEI principles across federal


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TRUST IN HIGHER EDUCATION AMONG


AMERICANS STANDS AT 36%, DOWN FROM 57% A DECADE AGO.


sions process has resulted in a $2.3 bil- lion funding freeze. Other schools also lost out. In


March, Columbia was notified it would lose $400 million (Columbia’s endow- ment fund was valued at $14.8 billion). Furthermore, Princeton, Brown,


and Northwestern also found them- selves under scrutiny and facing a Trump-imposed review that could cost elite universities $130 billion in


TENSION Students applaud beside a Palestinian flag as a commencement speaker recognizes 13 students barred from graduating due to protest activities, during Harvard University’s commencement ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


agencies while attaching $1 billion in grants directed to DEI-related education initiatives, Hillsdale’s independence allowed it to take an entirely different — albeit politically incorrect — direction. As part of its mission statement,


Hillsdale wrote: “The College values the merit of each unique individual, rather


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