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ImNotGod

(903 posts)
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 06:46 PM Yesterday

Another University bends the knee to king tRump along with a 50 million dollar tribute

Brown University agrees to pay $50 million to settle dispute with Trump administration"

Brown University announced on Wednesday it “reached a voluntary agreement with the federal government to restore funding for the University’s federally sponsored medical and health sciences research and resolve three open reviews assessing Brown’s compliance with federal nondiscrimination obligations”.

As part of the agreement, signed by Christina H Paxson, the president of Brown, attorney general Pam Bondi, education secretary Linda McMahon and health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, Brown will pay $50m “to state workforce development organizations operating in compliance with anti-discrimination laws” over the next 10 years.

One provision of the agreement stipulates that “Brown shall not maintain programs that promote unlawful efforts to achieve race-based outcomes, quotas, diversity targets, or similar efforts”. Defining the effort to bring diversity to campuses as a form of illegal discrimination against white students is a core element of the Trump administration’s ideological war on higher education.

“Accordingly,” the agreement adds, “Brown will provide a timely report to the United States summarizing its compliance with this obligation, including an assurance that Brown has acted responsibly to ensure its programs do not promote unlawful DEI goals.”

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brush

(60,756 posts)
6. Isn't Brown part of the Ivy League, why wouldn't they throw in with Harvard which is fighting against trump's demands?
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 06:59 PM
23 hrs ago

msongs

(71,886 posts)
7. exactly, form a union of sorts, the league against tyrants or something.....maybe create a superhero mascot truth is
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 07:02 PM
23 hrs ago

these universities really only care about their $$ and principles be damned IMO

brush

(60,756 posts)
10. Harvard's endownment is huge and they can out last TSF and win the case.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 07:10 PM
23 hrs ago

Brown's is not equal to Harvard's but I guess they can't be patient and throw in with Harvard to get their funds restored.

TSF won't be around and sentient much longer.

ImNotGod

(903 posts)
3. But tRump will be rolling in bribe money while another weakass JD is always one step behind him. nt
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 06:56 PM
23 hrs ago

yellow dahlia

(2,618 posts)
8. What the fuck is wrong w/ these people? They are feeding the monster.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 07:06 PM
23 hrs ago

Everyone is feeding the beast from so many directions. I give up! WTF!

Beyond apoplectic!

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