For example, the Trump administration has told Columbia to dissolve specific academic departments. See this earlier discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43358925
The US and Turkish governments are operating under the same authoritarian rules of engagement, it's just that the Turks are further along the trajectory.
The most egregious is the General Service Administration requiring that Columbia place one department under academic receivership (which is nothing like dissolve) for 5 years, in order to continue receiving federal funding. Columbia notably is also a private Ivy League university with an endowment in the tens of billions of dollars whereas at stake is apparently up to ~$0.4 billion of Federal funding. If Columbia feels the demands are unjust and wanted to legally challenge them or even take a stand on values, they could do so extremely comfortably.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/nyregion/columbia-univers...
A direct quote from the letter the Feds sent Columbia reads:
MESAAS Department – Academic Receivership. Begin the process of placing the Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies department under academic receivership for a minimum of five years. The University must provide a full plan, with date certain deliverables, by the March 20, 2025, deadline.
The NY Times article provides a directed link to the PDF of the letter.
Awaiting your retractions doubters...
That article you reference says nothing about dissolving academic departments. Perhaps you are referring to academic receivership.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/pence-national-guard...
https://dc.ng.mil/Join-the-DC-National-Guard/DC-Army-Nationa...