A group of universities, many of which received substantial federal funds, would soon rebel against the president Donald Trump’s If campus activists have a path, executing orders will cut the progressive initiative of public education.
Member of Rutgers University Advisory Board A resolution passed Create a “mutually defensive compact” to bring together legal and policy resources from member institutions in the 10 academic alliances to oppose the Trump administration’s orders. The resolution calls on Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway to lead the effort and “to play a leadership role in convening a summit of ten academic and legal leadership to initiate the implementation of this contract.”
A professor who spoke with Fox News Digital replied: “The left discovered freedom of speech.”
“These people are other members of the same punishment university community because they use the wrong pronoun for so-called microaggression,” Dr. Kevin Jon Williams, PhD, a professor of cardiovascular sciences at Temple University, told Fox News Digital in an interview.
President Donald Trump is pushing for anti-Israel protests on university campuses, including Columbia University. (Getty Image)
“They banned Conservative speaker “I will revoke the conservative speakers coming to campus, and they will revoke the offer to prospective applicants who are accepted based on finding out what they did when they were 11 or 12, and I mean, I mean, they are totally vicious and totally against any freedom of expression,” Williams said.
Williams is one of the professors of the measure – the formal title is a resolution to establish a mutual defensive contract for the defense of academic freedom, institutional integrity and research corporations, initially adopted in the Rotters University Senate.
The resolution states: “Recent and politically motivated actions to escalate political institutions pose a significant threat to the fundamental principles of higher education in the United States, including the autonomy of university governance Scientific researchand protection of freedom of speech, “So,” the Trump administration and consistent political actors expressed willingness to target individual institutions with legal, financial and political invasions aimed at undermining their public missions, silent voices and/or improper control of academic inquiries. ”
The Defence Compact Resolution was drafted by the Ten Academic Alliance, which consists of more than a dozen universities of more than a dozen conferences, including public and private institutions. The alliance was originally called the Institutional Cooperation Committee to promote research collaboration and share resources.
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State police officers in riot equipment attempted to break down anti-Israel protests at the University of Texas on April 24, 2024. (Jay Janner/American-Statesman)
“I don’t think they’re hypocrites, I think they’re liars,” Williams added. “I think what they’re doing is hiding behind a cloak.” freedom of speechThey do not believe it and try to maintain control over the university environment. This is a strategy. It is a strategy, and when they say they are interested in freedom of speech, we should not take them seriously because they prove that they are most certain to oppose freedom of speech. ”
According to the proposal, Participate in the university The common defense fund will be contributed to immediately support the legal and political torts they have identified. It is not clear which of the top 10 universities may support the resolution.
The resolution will also be “passed on to leaders of all the top ten universities and their respective boards and common governance bodies, while the president of Rutgers University” played a leadership role in convening the Ten Academic and Legal Leadership Summit to initiate this compact implementation. ”
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Students at the annual Israeli neighborhood party at the University of Texas at Austin met destructive anti-Israel protesters. (Fox News)
“It’s a very politically partisan document,” Williams said. “It’s a broad condemnation of the Trump administration. Now, through freedom of speech, they’re absolutely entitled to do it, but if they do, they’re no longer nonpartisans and I’ll question their tax-free status.”
Historically, many of the top ten universities have received federal grants from institutions such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.
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The resolution comes as the Trump administration conducts critical research on universities that receive federal funding. In March, the government revoked $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University, citing concerns about anti-Semitism on campus following the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. The action is part of a broader initiative that examines elite universities suspected of violating civil rights, especially for Jewish students.
The administration has also shifted its focus to eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in universities to align with Trump’s executive order, while also banning biological men from participating in women’s sports. The Ministry of Education announced an investigation into alleged racial discrimination, race-challenging admissions and scholarships at more than 50 universities.
Trump also signed an executive order that significantly reduced the size of the Education Department in March. Despite the reduction in operations in the department, it retains control over key functions such as Title I funding, Pell Grants, student loans and special education funding.
