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 line with right-wing ideology, and upended long held principles of civil rights, academic freedom, freedom of speech, and equality of opportunity.
Now the administration is planning to go even further.
Currently, the federal government funds research based on peer review and scientific merit. Under the proposed “Trump compact,” it would make awards based on ideological fealty. The Trump compact is not just wrong—like many of the Trump administration's attacks, it is unconstitutional. It violates the first amendment by forcing universities to surrender their right of free speech and academic freedom in exchange for federal funds.
Join us to learn more about the compacts and the coordinated fightback against them.