Cooperating with four other historians – Kate Ballantyne, Tomás Irish, Charlotte Lerg and Christopher P. Loss – Daniel Laqua has prepared roundtable piece that investigates different dimensions of the relationship between US universities and the (federal) state. In doing so, it examines historical cases that deal with issues that figure in present-day debate, including questions of academic freedom and freedom of speech, student protest, the international dimensions of higher education (including the role of international students) as well as state funding for academic research. The article is available in open access and can be accessed via this link.