Is your college on the list? More higher ed leaders challenge Trump admin.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : The fundamental purpose of American higher education is for the public good.
62% : " "As I did in March, I again ask each of you to join us in defending and building appreciation for higher education in this country.
59% : " "Nothing that is happening right now in higher education through executive orders is helping our students, our faculty or our country," Fithian said.
50% : In an environment where presidents have feared speaking up against the Trump administration despite sweeping demands to reshape higher education, the letter is the first time current presidents have come together in large numbers to express their concerns publicly.
49% : What is problematic in this moment is the federal government "dictating to colleges and universities how we should think, how we should teach, what we should research and how we should act as if there's only one way or right way to do that," The Massachusetts college and university presidents who signed the letter, entitled "A Call for Constructive Engagement," include: Holy Cross' president Vincent Rougeau said in a statement to MassLive that there has been "clear government overreach into what colleges teach, how they teach and who they teach.
42% : A letter signed by college presidents pushing back against "government overreach and political interference" by the Trump administration has been signed by over 200 college presidents and higher education leaders nationwide.
20% : The presidents are calling for "one voice" in higher education against "the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education," according to the letter.

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