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This is an archive of https://ucop.edu/communications/_files/confidential-rule-408-communication-ucla-08-08-25.pdf from Saturday 25, October 2025

Folks who hang out on Bluesky/Twitter may have caught bits and pieces of the discussions amongst academics about what to do about today's university students...

The Editorial Board argues the University should join the league of universities rejecting Trump’s compact in favor of in institutional independence.

Dean of WashU’s College of Arts & Sciences, Feng Sheng Hu, told faculty at a meeting on Tuesday that Chancellor Andrew D. Martin does not plan to sign the Trump administration’s compact for higher edu...

No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.

AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

As controversy around free speech and personal social media use swirled in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, Mizzou clarified its stance and expectations.

The U.S. Department of Education is ending funding for more than a dozen Indiana University programs that "do not advance American interests or values," according to a Sept. 10 letter. The loss of fun...

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents ordered an audit of courses at the system's 12 schools amid backlash over a professor’s gender identity lesson.

Since the start of the year, women law professors, deans and students have received messages on their personal cellphones saying things like, “Law school isn’t fair for us men.” The FBI is reportedly ...

After the video fueled outrage, a professor was fired and two college leaders removed from their administrative roles for approving content inconsistent with the course’s description.

Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...

Basically, it sucks. Last week, Tuft's Dan Drezner and my GW colleague Dave Karpf published really good pieces on what it's like to be, respectively, a dean of international affairs and a professor o...

Science, healthcare and education are threatened worldwide. Here are some starter ideas for ways to work together to share and save vital information. And to care for one another.

Across the nation, there has been a groundswell of academics who have decided to speak out for their institutions — and we all must keep doing so.

Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...

Across the nation, there has been a groundswell of academics who have decided to speak out for their institutions — and we all must keep doing so.

A budget reconciliation bill advancing in the House of Representatives proposes hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to student aid, imposes new taxes on colleges and universities, and jeopardizes ...

Remarks by Director Kratsios at the National Academy of Sciences REINVIGORATING AMERICA’S SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY Washington, D.C.

Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk

Tulane professors: The Trump administration's actions in relation to international students at U.S. universities are those of an autocrat. Tulane officials must speak out.