March 20, 2025: Ivory towers vs. Trump’s wrecking ball
March 20, 2025: Ivory towers vs. Trump’s wrecking ball  
Podcast: The Playbook Podcast
Published On: Thu Mar 20 2025
Description: President Donald Trump’s multi-front battle on education is in full swing. Today, he’s expected to sign an executive order effectively dismantling the Department of Education; Columbia University faces a deadline to respond to the administration’s demands or else lose $400 million in funding; Penn finds itself under scrutiny as the administration takes issue with its policy on transgender student athletes; and Dartmouth staffs up as it seeks to remain out of the line of fire. POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook author and White House reporter Irie Sentner joins Playbook deputy editor Zack Stanton to discuss.