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The Feb. 14 letter is a full-fledged attack on affirmative action and diversity, equity and inclusion. It is also one of the worst attacks on academic freedom by the government in the history of American higher education. This is a colossal federal onslaught designed to micromanage all colleges, public and private, and suppress speech on a massive scale using the threat of a total ban on federal funding.