Over 100 US university presidents sign letter decrying Trump administration

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : While Harvard's lawsuit was the first by a university, higher education associations and organisations representing faculty have filed other legal challenges over the cuts.
47% : The statement, published early on Tuesday by the American Association of Colleges and Universities, comes weeks into the administration's mounting campaign against higher education, and hours after Harvard University became the first school to sue the government over threats to its funding.
47% : "Much has been written about this flood-the-zone strategy that's being used in the current attacks on higher education, and it's a strategy designed to overwhelm campus leaders with a constant barrage of directives, executive orders, and policy announcements that make it impossible to respond to everything all at once," she said, explaining why it has taken until now for a joint response.
42% : "We are open to constructive reform and do not oppose legitimate government oversight," they write.
37% : The measures against the schools, which are already upending academic research, undermine longstanding partnerships between the federal government and universities, and are contributing to an atmosphere of repression, the statement's signatories note.
30% : Statement signed by Harvard, Princeton and Brown leaders denounces White House's 'undue government intrusion' More than 100 presidents of US colleges and universities have signed a statement denouncing the Trump administration's "unprecedented government overreach and political interference" with higher education - the strongest sign yet that US educational institutions are forming a unified front against the government's extraordinary attack on their independence.
20% : " Harvard's lawsuit comes after the administration announced it would freeze $2.3bn in federal funds, and Donald Trump threatened to revoke its tax-exempt status, over claims the university failed to protect Jewish students from pro-Palestinian protests.

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