More than a dozen schools, including Harvard, MIT, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania, have frozen hiring.

Beyond the administration’s budget cuts, Trump has been threatening colleges that don’t adhere to his anti-woke political agenda. The Trump administration’s gutting of the U.S. Department of Education in the name of government efficiency is wreaking havoc on universities across America.

Harvard University and MIT have implemented hiring freezes as the White House crackdown on higher education continues to escalate. Why it matters: Austerity measures at Massachusetts' two most prominent and wealthiest universities mean trouble for the state,