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Chaos on campuses as schools warn Trump cuts could harm US ‘for decades’

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78% Informative

Higher education institutions across the US are grappling with drastic short- and long-term impacts caused by funding freezes, cuts and executive orders from the Trump administration.

The changes and threats have incited hiring freezes, layoffs and furloughs, cuts in graduate admissions, rescissions of job offers, and institutions scaling back the amount of research they conduct.

VR Score

77

Informative language

72

Neutral language

78

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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16

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