These demands are wild.
This included placing the distinguished Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies department under an “academic receivership” for a minimum of five years and installing a new department chair. This would involve the university ceding control of the department and an outsider chair that could be appointed by the government to run it, potentially overseeing everything from curriculum design to the hiring and firing of faculty.
I think most people would be surprised at how many people depend on these programs. Here’s an interactactive map showing food insecurity in the US.