Summary
The Trump administration has frozen $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its policies allowing trans women to compete in women’s sports.
A senior official said this is “just a taste” of further action, with UPenn at risk of losing all federal funding due to a Title IX investigation.
Trump signed an executive order on February 5 banning trans women from women’s sports, citing fairness and safety concerns.
Advocacy groups are challenging the move, arguing it discriminates against trans athletes.
So universities are about to go 0-2 in the fight against a Trump takeover.
Columbia bent the knee almost immediately. It’ll be interesting to see how long UPenn holds out.
lol UPenn literally does not need anyone’s help.
Go ahead you dipshit.
Their endowment could nearly cover tuition for all students in interest alone. (Cost would be 1.9B, interest on their endowment is over 1.1B. not that 800M is chump change but like… They’re doing pretty damn fine)
This headline seems to further scare us. UPenn barely feels this. This is theater.
They’re going to cave instantly and bend the knee. They may not need it, but they’re definitely going to do everything not to lose it, including kowtowing to fascists.
Time will tell. I can’t predict the future but I doubt this, big time.
We can be doomers all we want but… Columbia and UPenn aren’t the same thing here.
