Lawmakers say the University of Nebraska isn’t doing enough to protect free speech and conservative voices. The university says the charges are reckless and motivated by a political agenda that is eroding trust in higher education.
At the top of the list are plans to tax tuition waivers for graduate students and other college employees, to remove incentives for charitable giving, and to tax the investment earnings of some private-college endowments.
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Legislation on the fast track in Congress would have damaging consequences by discouraging private philanthropy, ramping up taxes on students, and undermining university research and innovation.
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