The backlash to the White House’s new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” has been swift and near universal. And this morning, MIT went further—publicly declining to sign the compact and explaining that the university already meets the standards the compact prescribes. I expect the other institutions invited to sign the compact will swiftly follow suit; and they’d be wise to do so. The post MIT the First to Reject Trump’s Absurd New Higher Ed Compact appeared f...| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
An article by Harvard professor Danielle Allen argues that the Trump Administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education could be a first step toward bringing the political left and right together with academic leaders to establish a “much needed fresh relationship between America and higher education.” The post Why Trump’s Compact for Higher Education Has Bipartisan Potential appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
If universities hope to reclaim their essential role, they must lead again: speaking when silence tempts, teaching when slogans seduce, and remembering that genuine neutrality isn't the absence of principles but the courage to uphold education's fundamental values against all forms of ideological capture.| American Enterprise Institute - AEI
There's no obvious statutory basis for a federal agency conditioning access to higher ed funding on a sweeping list of arbitrary demands. The post Trump Administration’s Higher Ed Compact: Admirable Impulse, Bad Policy appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
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