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The outer frame is in black and white negative; the central frame is in full color." srcset="https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/campus_color-neg_photo_illustration_freese-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/campus_color-neg_photo_illustration_freese-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/campus_color-neg_photo_illustration_freese-768x439.jpg 768w, https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/campus_color-neg_photo_illustration_freese-1536x878.jpg 1536w, https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/campus_color-neg_photo_illustration_freese-2048x1170.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1440px) 50vw, 700px" loading="lazy"> </div> </a> </div> <div class="cc-featured-content__item__content"> <p class="cc-featured-content__item__category"> Education </p> <h2 class="cc-featured-content__item__title title--1 title--all-link"> <a href="https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/11/27/with-change-coming-to-washington-does-higher-education-face-a-dystopian-future/"> With change coming to Washington, does higher education face a ‘dystopian’ future? </a> </h2> <p class="cc-featured-content__item__excerpt">President-elect Donald Trump is signaling disruptive changes for colleges and universities, says John A. Douglass at UC Berkeley’s Center for Studies in Higher Education. 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