A demand that Vanderbilt University sign onto a “compact”—pledging to comply with new Trump administration higher education directives in exchange for preferential access to federal funding—is drawing pushback from some campus groups.
More than 900 Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff signed onto a petition titled “Vanderbilt-Don’t Sign Trump’s Fascist Compact” circulated by the Vanderbilt Graduate Workers United union.
A statement by the Vanderbilt University chapter of American Association of University Professors likewise urged Vanderbilt University leaders to reject the proposal.
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