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Mark Warner: “They want to make them like Harvard. They want to take on…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Senator Mark Warner Discusses Senate Bill, University of Virginia Controversy, and Iran Tensions

Published | Video Starts at 06:26

Well, and we know that the administration is looking at more universities and the Assistant AG, Harmeet Dhillon indicated that publicly. And University of California next in the crosshairs. So we're going to be watching that carefully. They want to make them like Harvard. They want to take on public universities the way they have now taken on the Ivies. End of the day, this is going to hurt our universities, chase away world class talent. And frankly, if we don't have some level of academic freedom, then what kind of country are we? (06:26–06:32)

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Asserts that there is an effort to make public universities like Harvard and take on public universities as they have with Ivy League schools.

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