Is Harvard's resistance to Trump igniting a broader movement across higher ed?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Harvard University rejected demands by the Trump administration this week, sounding a rare note of defiance among higher education institutions -- which have often stayed silent or capitulated when pressed by federal action.
59% : McCarron said it's clear higher education is being targeted.
57% : At the same time, it invigorated faculty and higher education leaders to speak up or continue their organizing.
57% : The resolution comes after Lundquist and other faculty organized a letter signed by around 5,000 people at universities and colleges across the country calling for higher education to stand together.
57% : The fear of speaking out against the Trump administration is palpable across higher education.
54% : In doing so, Harvard has shown what it means to defend what's at stake for institutions of higher education across the country," she said in a statement to MassLive.
54% : Leaders in civil society -- in higher education, business, and in religious institutions -- must resist compromising on their core missions.
50% : " Wesleyan President Michael Roth also applauded Harvard for "standing up for the shared values of higher education.
47% : Some are looking at this moment as a potential turning point for higher education in an environment where most are still fearful of speaking up or fighting back against threats from the federal government.
47% : Instead of being a unified cohort, many institutions are just trying to understand how the flurry of federal actions taken regarding higher education will impact their community, McCarron said.
44% : "There is a major threat here, not just against higher education, but in every sector of our society.
43% : "When we started working on the letter, there had been very few leaders of higher ed institutions who were faculty who had spoken out against these attacks against higher education," said Kathy Roberts Forde, another leader and UMass Amherst professor.
43% : "Any school that wants to survive what Trump and Vance are doing here, what their agenda is here, for American universities and colleges -- any school that wants to survive what's coming their way, better find a way to not have to fight alone," Maddow said on MSNBC.
43% : "Universities must realize that the government is adopting a divide-and-rule tactic: they should collaborate on a shared litigation strategy, take a common approach in getting the public on their side, and do everything possible to have Congress push back against Trump treating money allocated by the legislature as if it were a private slush fund to be used for political blackmail," Müller wrote in a Guardian opinion piece.
42% : " In reaction to some of the freezes on federal funding and other federal actions, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health is facing a "significant budget crisis" resulting in layoffs and the non-renewal of two building leases.
38% : For UMass Amherst faculty members Lundquist and Roberts Forde, statements from higher education leaders are powerful as they show more are willing to speak out since Harvard's pushback.
37% : Out of over a dozen institutions MassLive reached out to for a conversation with a college or university president about Harvard's resistance to the Trump administration and whether higher education should band together, all declined.
35% : " The faculty senate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst passed a similar resolution on April 10, calling for nearly 250 land-grant and public universities to come together against Trump.
24% : " There is a "reasonable fear" that the presidential administration will retaliate against higher education leaders who speak out against Trump, said Jon Fansmith of the American Council on Education. Maine, which refused a federal demand to ban trans athletes from participating in women's sports, is now getting sued by the Trump administration -- a move Fansmith characterized as retaliation.
15% : "Where do you see the administration going to the lengths they're going against higher education to fight antisemitism?" Many presidents have been silent since the Trump administration began attacking higher education.

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