Trump’s Higher Ed Compact Draws Condemnation From Faculty and College Unions

Over 100 Brown students, faculty rally against Trump administration compact

On Thursday afternoon, about 120 Brown students and faculty members gathered at the Van Wickle Gates for a rally urging the University to not sign the Trump administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education."The protest was organized by Brown Rise Up, a newly formed student group "working in coordination with faculty and graduate students to resist authoritarianism in higher education," according to a Brown Rise Up news relea…

‘It’s extortion’: Brown faculty resist White House bid to reshape higher education - The Boston Globe

If Brown signed the compact, one professor said, “We’d become an instrument of the state.”

UA faculty say Trump’s funding deal is ‘extortion,’ as university leadership mulls whether to comply

University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella listens to an audience member the ABOR meeting on the UA campus on Nov. 21, 2024. Photo by Michael McKisson/Arizona LuminariaAs opposition mounts from faculty, students and state leaders, University of Arizona officials are assuring the public that “no decisions have been made” on whether to sign a pledge to align with President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for preferential access t…

Campus Leaders Mobilize Against Trump’s Proposed “Compact” for Higher Education

Campus activist groups are banding together to fight against President Donald Trump’s proposed “compact” with universities in which they would receive priority access to federal funding in exchange for pledging support for aspects of the president’s political agenda. The Sunrise Movement on Wednesday said that students and workers at the universities who have been invited by the Trump… Source

Student and Worker Leaders Plan Coordinated Campus Protests As Outrage Builds Against Trump’s Proposed “Compact”

In recent days, outrage has erupted on campuses across the country after nine universities received the Trump administration’s demand to sign his ‘loyalty oath’ compact. It would grant the Trump administration sweeping power over who schools admit, what they teach and research, and what students are safe on campus. Students and educators are denouncing it as an unprecedented assault on academic freedom. Students and workers at the affected unive…

Trump’s higher ed compact draws condemnation from faculty and college unions

At least two faculty senates have voted to oppose the proposed agreement sent to nine research universities, while other workers have publicly rebuked it.