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Cinna the Poet's avatar

Just read a TPM piece that suggested it's entirely DOJ discretion whether a university is found in breach of the terms. If that's right, I don't think anyone can sign this in its current form.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-trump-administrations-new-protection-racket-for-higher-ed

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Jason Gantenberg's avatar

I opposed the Brown deal on the grounds that one can only make a deal with an honest partner. In inking that agreement, I think we put ourselves on a list of institutions willing to do business. (Cutting against that idea, I'm surprised Columbia did not receive the compact.) At any rate, the administration will continue to experiment to find ways to remake the university setting.

Some few stipulations in the compact might be good were an institution to implement them of their own volition. This compact also seems to me to pit universities against one another by dangling the promise of extra federal funds/benefits: the government can give you a leg up if you play nice.

I hope Brown and the other institutions on this list follow MIT's lead.

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