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Northwestern’s $75m Trump agreement raises First Amendment questions. (Getty Images) Northwestern University’s agreement to pay $75m to the Trump administration in exchange for the restoration of nearly $790m in federal research funding has drawn scrutiny from constitutional scholars and free speech advocates, raising questions about the limits of government influence over higher education.The deal, announced…

IIT Delhi has recently been embroiled in a controversy over a conference on caste and race, prompting the institute to constitute a fact-finding committee. Image source: ANI Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has set up a fact-finding committee and sought explanations from faculty organisers after an academic conference on caste and race drew sustained criticism…