Academics in the U.S. seek jobs elsewhere

By Ruth Sherlock

Published April 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM EDT

American academics are pursuing exile, claiming research freedom under pressure from Trump administration.

Ruth Sherlock

Ruth Sherlock is an International Correspondent with National Public Radio. She's based in Beirut and reports on Syria and other countries around the Middle East. She was previously the United States Editor for the Daily Telegraph, covering the 2016 US election. Before moving to the US in the spring of 2015, she was the Telegraph's Middle East correspondent.

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