Four Maine college presidents sign national letter decrying Trump education 'overreach'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "The price of abridging the defining freedoms of American higher education will be paid by our students and our society," it reads.
46% : We will always seek effective and fair financial practices, but we must reject the coercive use of public research funding.
44% : "We are open to constructive reform and do not oppose legitimate government oversight," the letter reads.
33% : Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald file Four Maine higher education leaders have signed on to a letter accusing the Trump administration of "unprecedented government overreach and political interference.
30% : In recent months the Trump administration has pulled or threatened to pull federal funding from higher education institutions that don't comply with his agenda on student protestors, admissions practices and transgender athlete policies.

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