George Washington University AAUP
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The GW-AAUP advances academic freedom and shared governance at George Washington University.
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AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is packing the Board of Regents meeting RIGHT NOW to say no to a $27.5 million budget cut and to the closure of 4 academic programs!
Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇
nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...
Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇
nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
AAUP University of Nebraska - Lincoln is packing the Board of Regents meeting RIGHT NOW to say no to a $27.5 million budget cut and to the closure of 4 academic programs!
Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇
nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...
Catch the livestream of the meeting and the testimonies of organized UNL higher ed workers here👇
nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...
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"Restrictions in Texas, Florida, Hungary & elsewhere are not isolated. They're part of a long battle over what truths will shape the next generation. When universities choose openness, societies move forward. When they choose silence, societies fracture."
www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....
Faculty senates, legal organisations, student groups and international networks must challenge restrictions. Courts must overturn unconstitutional measures. Universities must adopt strong academic freedom charters and support scholars under pressure.
Faculty senates, legal organisations, student groups and international networks must challenge restrictions. Courts must overturn unconstitutional measures. Universities must adopt strong academic freedom charters and support scholars under pressure.
When universities choose to be silent, societies fracture
Texas A&M University’s restrictions on teaching race or gender reinstall an older moral architecture, asking universities to prepare students fo...
www.universityworldnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Restrictions in Texas, Florida, Hungary & elsewhere are not isolated. They're part of a long battle over what truths will shape the next generation. When universities choose openness, societies move forward. When they choose silence, societies fracture."
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Fantastic win in Maryland. As the Trump admin attempts to destroy vital research, @uam-umd.bsky.social is fighting back & winning...& they're not done yet. As they celebrate this win, they're pushing for greater transparency, support for faculty & an academic freedom fund.
Faculty, join your union!
Faculty, join your union!
We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
$8.75M Investment Supports ‘Research Resilience’… | Maryland Today
UMD, MPower Funds Combine to Help Preserve Institutional Capabilities, Lab Operations and More
today.umd.edu
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Fantastic win in Maryland. As the Trump admin attempts to destroy vital research, @uam-umd.bsky.social is fighting back & winning...& they're not done yet. As they celebrate this win, they're pushing for greater transparency, support for faculty & an academic freedom fund.
Faculty, join your union!
Faculty, join your union!
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Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy.
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy.
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
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“From attacks on academic freedom to the defunding of life-saving scientific research to arresting peaceful student protesters, Trump’s higher ed policies have been catastrophic for our democracy. We’re excited to build a coalition of workers & students fighting back."
– AAUP president Todd Wolfson
– AAUP president Todd Wolfson
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“From attacks on academic freedom to the defunding of life-saving scientific research to arresting peaceful student protesters, Trump’s higher ed policies have been catastrophic for our democracy. We’re excited to build a coalition of workers & students fighting back."
– AAUP president Todd Wolfson
– AAUP president Todd Wolfson
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For @aaup.org’s podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Vineeta Singh, Jennifer Ruth, and Ellen Schrecker about academic freedom and about the work we have to do (organize) to translate writing and thinking and teaching into action.
aauppresents.buzzsprout.com/1837772/epis...
aauppresents.buzzsprout.com/1837772/epis...
Defending Academic Freedom: Learning to Resist - AAUP Presents
The 9th episode of our special series “Academic Freedom on the Line” is a conversation among 4 authors who contributed to the recently published University Keywords, a volume on how universities opera...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
For @aaup.org’s podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Vineeta Singh, Jennifer Ruth, and Ellen Schrecker about academic freedom and about the work we have to do (organize) to translate writing and thinking and teaching into action.
aauppresents.buzzsprout.com/1837772/epis...
aauppresents.buzzsprout.com/1837772/epis...
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💥💥💥
DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
⬇️⬇️⬇️
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DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
⬇️⬇️⬇️
go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k
October 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
⬇️⬇️⬇️
go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k
DEFEND HIGHER ED STARTER PACK!
We are building a movement to defend US higher education & have created a starter pack of AAUP chapter & ally accounts to follow. Please Share!
(This list is not exhaustive. If you have suggestions, please shoot us a DM!)
#DefendHighEd
⬇️⬇️⬇️
go.bsky.app/3YidJ7k
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The resistance to Trump’s “loyalty oath” compact is growing and growing!
✅MIT
✅Penn
✅Brown
✅UVa
✅Dartmouth
✅USC
✅Arizona
🟩 Vanderbilt
🟩 Texas
Organized faculty and workers in higher ed will lead us to victory and towards a better world for our students!
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
✅MIT
✅Penn
✅Brown
✅UVa
✅Dartmouth
✅USC
✅Arizona
🟩 Vanderbilt
🟩 Texas
Organized faculty and workers in higher ed will lead us to victory and towards a better world for our students!
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
October 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The resistance to Trump’s “loyalty oath” compact is growing and growing!
✅MIT
✅Penn
✅Brown
✅UVa
✅Dartmouth
✅USC
✅Arizona
🟩 Vanderbilt
🟩 Texas
Organized faculty and workers in higher ed will lead us to victory and towards a better world for our students!
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
✅MIT
✅Penn
✅Brown
✅UVa
✅Dartmouth
✅USC
✅Arizona
🟩 Vanderbilt
🟩 Texas
Organized faculty and workers in higher ed will lead us to victory and towards a better world for our students!
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
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Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
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One adjunct professor put it bluntly: “When your next contract depends on staying in bounds, watching what you say is survival.”
theconversation.com/college-facu...
theconversation.com/college-facu...
College faculty are under pressure to say and do the right thing – the stress also trickles down to students
Faculty members say they are worried about job security but also whether they should be introducing certain topics, like gender, in their class or with colleagues.
theconversation.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
One adjunct professor put it bluntly: “When your next contract depends on staying in bounds, watching what you say is survival.”
theconversation.com/college-facu...
theconversation.com/college-facu...
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🔥 WashU in STL rejects Trump’s loyalty oath compact! 🔥
The resistance cannot be stopped!
AAUP chapters and organized higher ed workers across the nation are unified in spearheading this fight—let’s keep it up!
The resistance cannot be stopped!
AAUP chapters and organized higher ed workers across the nation are unified in spearheading this fight—let’s keep it up!
WashU in STL just announced, in a university-wide email, that we will NOT be signing The Compact.
This statement, I believe, exists thanks to the tremendous energy generated w/in our community by, among others, the Faculty Senate, the revived AAUP, and student journalists. I'm proud of everybody.
This statement, I believe, exists thanks to the tremendous energy generated w/in our community by, among others, the Faculty Senate, the revived AAUP, and student journalists. I'm proud of everybody.
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🔥 WashU in STL rejects Trump’s loyalty oath compact! 🔥
The resistance cannot be stopped!
AAUP chapters and organized higher ed workers across the nation are unified in spearheading this fight—let’s keep it up!
The resistance cannot be stopped!
AAUP chapters and organized higher ed workers across the nation are unified in spearheading this fight—let’s keep it up!
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TONIGHT!
Join AAUP president Todd Wolfson & AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal for an update on the AVALANCHE of universities rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact & how the compact violates the US Constitution.
7:30PM ET / 4:30 PM PT
Live on both IG &
YouTube.
Link: youtube.com/live/h-H-ETa...
Join AAUP president Todd Wolfson & AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal for an update on the AVALANCHE of universities rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact & how the compact violates the US Constitution.
7:30PM ET / 4:30 PM PT
Live on both IG &
YouTube.
Link: youtube.com/live/h-H-ETa...
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
TONIGHT!
Join AAUP president Todd Wolfson & AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal for an update on the AVALANCHE of universities rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact & how the compact violates the US Constitution.
7:30PM ET / 4:30 PM PT
Live on both IG &
YouTube.
Link: youtube.com/live/h-H-ETa...
Join AAUP president Todd Wolfson & AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal for an update on the AVALANCHE of universities rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact & how the compact violates the US Constitution.
7:30PM ET / 4:30 PM PT
Live on both IG &
YouTube.
Link: youtube.com/live/h-H-ETa...
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And now there are SEVEN.
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
UofA rejects Trump higher ed plan as ASU invited to join compact
The University of Arizona rejected a Trump proposal linking funding to political priorities.
www.axios.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And now there are SEVEN.
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
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October 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
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The snake is growing.
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The snake is growing.
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼
Vanderbilt, Texas, AZ…now’s the time.
The world is watching.
The resistance is here.
#NoLoyaltyOaths
#NoKings
#DefendHigherEd
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October 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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BOOM!
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
October 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BOOM!
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
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⭐️⭐️ Scholars of academic freedom agree: “To immunize ideas based on political standards is to impose an unacceptable test of ideological conformity. Nothing could be further from the spirit and ideals that we, despite our differences, seek for American higher education.” ⬇️
Opinion | Our Politics Differ, But We Agree: Trump’s ‘Compact’ Violates Academic Freedom
Using federal funding to dictate who colleges admit and what faculty can say crosses a dangerous line.
www.chronicle.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
⭐️⭐️ Scholars of academic freedom agree: “To immunize ideas based on political standards is to impose an unacceptable test of ideological conformity. Nothing could be further from the spirit and ideals that we, despite our differences, seek for American higher education.” ⬇️
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Four down.
Five to go.
Let’s go.
Join our National Teach-In on Trump’s Loyalty Oaths.
Register Here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#DefendHigherEd
Five to go.
Let’s go.
Join our National Teach-In on Trump’s Loyalty Oaths.
Register Here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#DefendHigherEd
October 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Four down.
Five to go.
Let’s go.
Join our National Teach-In on Trump’s Loyalty Oaths.
Register Here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#DefendHigherEd
Five to go.
Let’s go.
Join our National Teach-In on Trump’s Loyalty Oaths.
Register Here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#DefendHigherEd
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TOMORROW
Friday, October 17, 2PM ET
Join us to learn more about the nationwide coordinated resistance to Trump’s loyalty oaths & unprecedented assault on higher education.
Together, we are turning the tide.
Friday, October 17, 2PM ET
Join us to learn more about the nationwide coordinated resistance to Trump’s loyalty oaths & unprecedented assault on higher education.
Together, we are turning the tide.
Join AAUP's National Teach-In on Trump's Loyalty Oaths!
Tomorrow, Oct 17pm at 2pmET on Zoom. Be there!
Register at link below👇
#AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd
Tomorrow, Oct 17pm at 2pmET on Zoom. Be there!
Register at link below👇
#AcademicSky #DefendHigherEd
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: National Teach-In on Loyalty Oaths. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Trump administration has imposed unprecedented and highly politicized regulations on institutions of higher education, pressured them with coercive funding threats, extorted promises to fall in li...
us06web.zoom.us
October 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
TOMORROW
Friday, October 17, 2PM ET
Join us to learn more about the nationwide coordinated resistance to Trump’s loyalty oaths & unprecedented assault on higher education.
Together, we are turning the tide.
Friday, October 17, 2PM ET
Join us to learn more about the nationwide coordinated resistance to Trump’s loyalty oaths & unprecedented assault on higher education.
Together, we are turning the tide.
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Students, faculty, & campus workers are leading this incredible pushback.
We will not back down in defense of higher education & our democracy.
There is an unstoppable wave of unified rejection of Trump’s authoritarian agenda cresting throughout higher education.
Join Us.
#DefendHigherEd
We will not back down in defense of higher education & our democracy.
There is an unstoppable wave of unified rejection of Trump’s authoritarian agenda cresting throughout higher education.
Join Us.
#DefendHigherEd
October 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Students, faculty, & campus workers are leading this incredible pushback.
We will not back down in defense of higher education & our democracy.
There is an unstoppable wave of unified rejection of Trump’s authoritarian agenda cresting throughout higher education.
Join Us.
#DefendHigherEd
We will not back down in defense of higher education & our democracy.
There is an unstoppable wave of unified rejection of Trump’s authoritarian agenda cresting throughout higher education.
Join Us.
#DefendHigherEd
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And now Penn rejects the compact! Students, faculty and staff unite. @aaup-penn.bsky.social @aaup.org 🔥 www.thedp.com/article/2025...
Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
www.thedp.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
And now Penn rejects the compact! Students, faculty and staff unite. @aaup-penn.bsky.social @aaup.org 🔥 www.thedp.com/article/2025...
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🚨🚨🚨
And THREE stood up!
Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact.
When we join together and fight back, WE WIN!
No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent.
LET’S GO!
#DefendHigherEd
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
And THREE stood up!
Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact.
When we join together and fight back, WE WIN!
No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent.
LET’S GO!
#DefendHigherEd
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
www.thedp.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🚨🚨🚨
And THREE stood up!
Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact.
When we join together and fight back, WE WIN!
No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent.
LET’S GO!
#DefendHigherEd
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
And THREE stood up!
Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact.
When we join together and fight back, WE WIN!
No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent.
LET’S GO!
#DefendHigherEd
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
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BOOM!
💥💥💥
Brown REJECTS Trump’s loyalty oath!
“I’m concerned the compact, by its nature & provisions, would restrict #academicfreedom & undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission.”
— Christina H. Paxson, Brown University President
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Brown REJECTS Trump’s loyalty oath!
“I’m concerned the compact, by its nature & provisions, would restrict #academicfreedom & undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission.”
— Christina H. Paxson, Brown University President
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
BOOM!
💥💥💥
Brown REJECTS Trump’s loyalty oath!
“I’m concerned the compact, by its nature & provisions, would restrict #academicfreedom & undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission.”
— Christina H. Paxson, Brown University President
💥💥💥
Brown REJECTS Trump’s loyalty oath!
“I’m concerned the compact, by its nature & provisions, would restrict #academicfreedom & undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission.”
— Christina H. Paxson, Brown University President