Another View: Trump’s reelection means an assault on universities. It’s time to prepare now

The American university system has been at the center of our country’s intellectual innovation and technological and financial prosperity over the past century. The reason for that success is the academic freedom that has been rigorously maintained in higher education, despite changes in the country’s political winds.

But with the reelection of Donald Trump, academic freedom, freedom of thought and freedom of expression on college campuses are under threat. He has vowed to root out “Marxist...