US universities’ faculty unite to defend academic freedom after Trump’s attacks
by Maya Yang from US news | The Guardian on (#6WNYD)
Indiana University leads the push for a pact among 18 institutions as Donald Trump targets diversity
Faculty members from US universities - including public ones which do not receive endowments - are banding together in attempts to resist the Donald Trump administration's attacks on academic freedoms.
This month, Indiana University's Bloomington faculty council followed in the footsteps of Rutgers University in passing a resolution to establish a pact with all 18 universities under the Big 10 academic alliance to defend academic freedoms.
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