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This is brilliant!... if all 18 schools actually step up to the plate.

This is academia's chance to take the lead on fighting back against the Idiocracy.

Please, University Presidents, have the courage to show the way.
mwyarbrough.bsky.social Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · Mar 30
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads: "BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"
March 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM