The New York Times Narrated

How Trump’s War on Higher Education Is Hitting Community Colleges

Episode Summary

Measures intended to punish elite universities are inflicting collateral damage on the nation’s two-year colleges, which educate 40 percent of all undergraduates. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/magazine/trump-community-college-anti-dei.html By Ben Austen Read by James Patrick Cronin Narration produced by Krish Seenivasan Engineered by Devin Murphy

Episode Notes

Measures intended to punish elite universities are inflicting collateral damage on the nation’s two-year colleges, which educate 40 percent of all undergraduates.

To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/magazine/trump-community-college-anti-dei.html

By Ben Austen
Read by James Patrick Cronin
Narration produced by Krish Seenivasan
Engineered by Devin Murphy