With much of their funding at stake, universities are quietly hiring lobbyists and reaching out to politicians amid Washington’s quest to rein in academia, The Wall Street Journal’s Maggie Severns reports. During his election campaign, President Trump vowed “to reclaim our once great educational institutions from the radical Left,” and he has moved quickly to target diversity, equity and inclusion programs, alleged antisemitism and anything perceived as “woke,” while threatening to pull funding from universities that don’t comply. Publicly traded companies in the space include Adtalem Global Education (ATGE), American Public Education (APEI), Grand Canyon (LOPE), Lincoln Educational (LINC) and Strategic Education (STRA).
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