Trump Promises Federal Funds to Colleges, Freedom of Thought Optional
The Trump administration is dangling preferential federal funding before US colleges, provided they sign onto a 'compact' that, among other things, bans 'DEI initiatives.' MIT already rejected this offer, but the proposal is now open to all, per a Bloomberg report. This isn't just about fiscal prudence; it's about politically engineering campus discourse. Remember when higher education was about
challenging ideas, not conforming to them? This 'compact' is less about supporting universities and more about co-opting them. One might wonder if intellectual freedom is becoming an unlisted casualty in the race for federal dollars.