With change coming to Washington, does higher education face a ‘dystopian’ future?

January 21, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump is signaling disruptive changes for colleges and universities, says John A. Douglass, faculty affiliate of the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies. In this Berkeley News interview, Douglass maintained a balanced perspective, cautioning against catastrophic thinking and pointing to the potential for constructive developments. Still, he acknowledged, “it’s a whole new world.”