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(DIR) Post #AzFE2gBmPIbtxYsuqu by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T20:38:44Z
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#BrownUniversity Rejects #Trump #Extortion Attempt#Brown was the second #university to turn down the *deal*, which would have given a #funding preference to #universities that agreed to conform to #conservative *values* including #censorship & restrictions on #InternationalStudents.#law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/brown-university-trump-compact-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
(DIR) Post #AzFEJHrs5Mh3S5UYoy by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T20:41:55Z
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#Brown was the 2nd #university to rebuff the government’s proposal of so-called compact, after #MIT did so last week. But Brown’s decision was likely to carry extraordinary weight in #HigherEducation because it had previously reached a settlement with the #Trump admin to restore hundreds of millions in #federal #research #funding.#law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AzFENGTHDimcHKsuHI by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T20:42:38Z
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“I am concerned that the compact by its nature & by various provisions would restrict #AcademicFreedom & undermine the #autonomy of #Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission,” the #university’s president, Christina H. Paxson, told #Trump admin officials in a letter Wednesday.#law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #education #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AzFEWzOrXsXoEGSOcC by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T20:44:24Z
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The proposal, for which the #Trump admin asked #Brown & 8 other universities to submit feedback by Monday, calls for limits on #InternationalStudents, potentially “abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle & even spark violence against conservative ideas,” & policies enshrining “that #AcademicFreedom is not absolute,” among other conditions.#law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #education #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AzFEhDa7foGN6mbLBg by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-10-15T20:46:15Z
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The document, partially the brainchild of the #billionaire financier #MarcRowan, says that #schools are “free to develop models & values” other than the ones the #Trump admin proposed if they choose to “forego federal benefits.” And the government had dangled the possibility of “multiple positive benefits” for schools that agreed, including “substantial & meaningful federal grants.”#extortion #law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #democracy #fascism #tyranny
(DIR) Post #AzFGGAkaI9GKPuj4Wu by mason@partychickens.net
2025-10-15T21:03:44Z
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@Nonilex Resistance is *not* futile.
(DIR) Post #AzFKP5moW6mLRbHH0K by evilotto@sfba.social
2025-10-15T21:50:10Z
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@Nonilex "We must all hang together, or we will surely hang separately."-- Benjamin Franklin (popularly, but probably not actually)