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Wed Apr 23, 2025, 03:21 AM Yesterday

Over 150 US university presidents sign letter decrying Trump administration

Source: The Guardian

Tue 22 Apr 2025 15.38 EDT
First published on Tue 22 Apr 2025 00.01 EDT


More than 150 presidents of US colleges and universities have signed a statement denouncing the Trump administration’s “unprecedented government overreach and political interference” with higher education – the strongest sign yet that US educational institutions are forming a unified front against the government’s extraordinary attack on their independence.

The statement, published early on Tuesday by the American Association of Colleges and Universities, comes weeks into the administration’s mounting campaign against higher education, and hours after Harvard University became the first school to sue the government over threats to its funding. Harvard is one of several institutions hit in recent weeks with huge funding cuts and demands they relinquish significant institutional autonomy.

The signatories come from large state schools, small liberal arts colleges and Ivy League institutions, including the presidents of Harvard, Princeton and Brown.

In the statement, the university presidents, as well as the leaders of several scholarly societies say they speak with “one voice” and call for “constructive engagement” with the administration. “We are open to constructive reform and do not oppose legitimate government oversight,” they write. “However, we must oppose undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live, and work on our campuses.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/us-university-presidents-trump-administration



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Over 150 US university presidents sign letter decrying Trump administration (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
It's now up to 269 University Presidents who've signed on. Wiz Imp 22 hrs ago #1
Good post. There are too many to have trials. twodogsbarking 21 hrs ago #2
It's now up to 308 as of 10:00 am this morning. Wiz Imp 17 hrs ago #3

Wiz Imp

(4,759 posts)
1. It's now up to 269 University Presidents who've signed on.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 06:48 AM
22 hrs ago
https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement

Here's the list:

Jonathan Alger, President, American University
Barbara K. Altmann, President, Franklin & Marshall College
Suzanne Ames, President, Peninsula College
Carmen Twillie Ambar, President, Oberlin College
Michelle J. Anderson, President, Brooklyn College
Michael D. Anthony, President, Prairie State College
Denise A. Battles, President, SUNY Geneseo
Ian Baucom, Incoming President, Middlebury College
John C. Bravman, President, Bucknell University
Allan Belton, President, Pacific Lutheran University
Hubert Benitez, President, Saint Peter's University
Joanne Berger-Sweeney, President, Trinity College (CT)
Jay M. Bernhardt, President, Emerson College
Michael A. Bernstein, President, The College of New Jersey
Joe Bertolino, President, Stockton University
Audrey Bilger, President, Reed College
James Birge, President, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Erik J. Bitterbaum, President, SUNY Cortland
Sarah Bolton, President, Whitman College
Mary H. Bonderoff, President, SUNY Delhi
Leon Botstein, President, Bard College
Eric Boynton, President, Beloit College
Vincent Boudreau, President, The City College of the City University of New York
Elizabeth H. Bradley, President, Vassar College
Brian Bruess, President, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
Joshua C. Brumberg, President, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Adam Bush, President, College Unbound
Alison Byerly, President, Carleton College
Wendy Cadge, President and Professor of Sociology, Bryn Mawr College
Christopher Callahan, President, University of the Pacific
Nancy Cantor, President, Hunter College CUNY
Alberto Jose Cardelle, President, SUNY Oneonta
John Carmichael, President, The Evergreen State College
Laurie A. Carter, President, Lawrence University
Brian W. Casey, President, Colgate University
Ana Mari Cauce, Professor and President, University of Washington
Andrea Chapdelaine, President, Connecticut College
Thom D. Chesney, President, Southwestern College (NM)
Daisy Cocco De Filippis, President, Hostos Community College/CUNY
Bryan F. Coker, President, Maryville College
Ronald B. Cole, President, Allegheny College
Soraya Coley, President, Cal Poly Pomona
Jennifer Collins, President, Rhodes College
Michael F. Collins, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
John Comerford, President, Otterbein University
Marc C. Conner, President, Skidmore College
Joy Connolly, President, American Council of Learned Societies
Jane C. Conoley, President, California State University, Long Beach
La Jerne Terry Cornish, President, Ithaca College
Grant Cornwell, President, Rollins College
Isiaah Crawford, President, University of Puget Sound
Lindsay Currie, CEO, Council on Undergraduate Research
Janine Davidson, President, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Fernando Delgado, President, Lehman College
Gregory G. Dell'Omo, President, Rider University
Kent Devereaux, President, Goucher College
Jim Dlugos, Interim President, Landmark College
Bethami Dobkin, President, Westminster University
Peter Donohue, OSA, President, Villanova University
Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame
Harry Dumay, President, Elms College
Pam Eddinger, President, Bunker Hill Community College
Christopher L. Eisgruber, President, Princeton University
Michael A. Elliott, President, Amherst College
Alexander Enyedi, President, SUNY Plattsburgh
Jane Fernandes, President, Antioch College
Roland Fernandes, General Secretary, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry
Damian J. Fernandez, President, Warren Wilson College
David Fike, President, Golden Gate University
David Fithian, President, Clark University
Lisa C. Freeman, President, Northern Illinois University
Julio Frenk, Chancellor, UCLA
John Fry, President, Temple University
Montserrat Fuentes, President, St. Edward's University
Robert Gaines, Acting President, Pomona College
James Gandre, President, Manhattan School of Music
Alan M. Garber, President, Harvard University
Jay D. Gatrell, President, Eastern Illinois University
Michael H. Gavin, President, Delta College
Mark D. Gearan, President, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Melissa Gilliam, President, Boston University
Howard Gillman, Chancellor, University of California, Irvine
Lane A. Glenn, President, Northern Essex Community College
Jorge G. Gonzalez, President, Kalamazoo College
Jonathan D. Green, President, Susquehanna University
David A. Greene, President, Colby College
James J. Greenfield, OSFS, President, DeSales University
Robert M. Groves, Interim President, Georgetown University
William R. Groves, Chancellor, Antioch University
Jeremy Haefner, Chancellor, University of Denver
Merodie Hancock, President, Thomas Edison State University
Robyn Hannigan, President, Ursinus College
Yoshiko Harden, President, Renton Technical College
Kathleen E. Harring, President, Muhlenberg College
Anne F. Harris, President, Grinnell College
David Harris, President, Union College
James T. Harris, President, University of San Diego
Marjorie Hass, President, Council of Independent Colleges
Peggy Heinrich, President, Elgin Community College
Richard J. Helldobler, President, William Paterson University
Wendy Hensel, President, University of Hawaii
James Herbert, President, University of New England
Doug Hicks, President, Davidson College
Mary Dana Hinton, President, Hollins University
Danielle R. Holley, President, Mount Holyoke College
Jonathan Holloway, President, Rutgers University
Robin Holmes-Sullivan, President, Lewis & Clark College
Jessica Howard, President/CEO, Chemeketa Community College
Robert H. Huntington, President, Heidelberg University
Nicole Hurd, President, Lafayette College
Wolde-Ab Isaac, Chancellor, Riverside Community College District
Karim Ismaili, President, Eastern Connecticut State University
Farnam Jahanian, President, Carnegie Mellon University
J. Larry Jameson, President, University of Pennsylvania
Bruce Jarrell, President, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Garry W. Jenkins, President, Bates College
Paula A. Johnson, President, Wellesley College
John E. Jones III, President, Dickinson College
Katrina Bell Jordan, President, Northeastern Illinois University
Cristle Collins Judd, President, Sarah Lawrence College
David L. Kaufman, President, Capital University
Colleen Perry Keith, President, Goldey-Beacom College
Marisa Kelly, President, Suffolk University
Robert D. Kelly, President, University of Portland
Julie Johnson Kidd, President, Endeavor Foundation
Heather Kirkpatrick, President & CEO, Alder Graduate School of Education
Erica Kohl-Arenas, Faculty Director, Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life
Jonathan Koppell, President, Montclair State University
Sally Kornbluth, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Julie Kornfeld, President, Kenyon College
Michael I. Kotlikoff, President, Cornell University
Paula Krebs, Executive Director, Modern Language Association
Sunil Kumar, President, Tufts University
Cynthia Larive, Chancellor, University of California, Santa Cruz
Bobbie Laur, President, Campus Compact
Frederick M. Lawrence, Secretary and CEO, Phi Beta Kappa Society
Linda M. LeMura, President, Le Moyne College
Arthur Levine, Interim President, Brandeis University
Hilary L. Link, President, Drew University
Patricia A. Lynott, President, Rockford University
Richard Lyons, Chancellor, University of California Berkeley
Heidi Macpherson, President, SUNY Brockport
John Maduko, President, Connecticut State Community College
Lynn Mahoney, President, San Francisco State University
Daniel Mahony, President, Southern Illinois University
Maud S. Mandel, President, Williams College
Christine Mangino, President, Queensborough Community College
Andrew P. Manion, President, Edgewood College
Amy Marcus-Newhall, President, Scripps College
Earl F. Martin III, President, Drake University
Lizbeth Martin, President, Notre Dame de Namur University
Karol Mason, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Felix V. Matos-Rodriguez, Chancellor, City University of New York (CUNY)
Gary S. May, Chancellor, University of California, Davis
Anne E. McCall, President, The College of Wooster
Cheryl McConnell, President, Saint Joseph's University
Richard L. McCormick, Interim President, Stony Brook University
Thayne M. McCulloh, President, Gonzaga University
Michael McDonald, President, Great Lakes Colleges Association
C. Andrew McGadney, President, Knox College
James McGrath, President and Dean, Cooley Law School
Patricia McGuire, President, Trinity Washington University
Maurie McInnis, President, Yale University
Elizabeth M. Meade, President, Cedar Crest College
Marty Meehan, President, University of Massachusetts
Scott D. Miller, President, Virginia Wesleyan University
Jennifer Mnookin, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert Mohrbacher, President, Centralia College
Chris Moody, Executive Director, ACPA-College Student Educators International
Tomas Morales, President, California State University San Bernardino
Milton Moreland, President, Centre College
Kathryn Morris, President, St. Lawrence University
John R. Mosby, President, Highline College
Ross Mugler, Board Chair and Acting President and CEO, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Daniel J. Myers, President, Misericordia University
Frank Neville, President, Millsaps College
Krista L. Newkirk, President, University of Redlands
Ellen Neufeldt, President, California State University San Marcos
Stefanie D. Niles, President, Cottey College
Cheryl L. Nixon, President, Berea College
Maureen O'Connor, President, Palo Alto University
Claire Oliveros, President, Riverside City College
Douglas B. Palmer, President, Siena Heights University
Robyn Parker, Interim President, Saybrook University
Lynn Pasquerella, President, American Association of Colleges and Universities
Laurie L. Patton, President, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Beth Paul, President, Nazareth University
Christina Paxson, President, Brown University
Rob Pearigen, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of the South
Deidra Peaslee, President, Saint Paul College
Eduardo M. Peñalver, President, Seattle University
Ora Pescovitz, President, Oakland University
Fred P. Pestello, President, Saint Louis University
Darryll J. Pines, President, University of Maryland
Nicola Pitchford, President, Dominican University of California
Kevin Pollock, President, Central Carolina Technical College
Susan Poser, President, Hofstra University
Paul C. Pribbenow, President, Augsburg University
Vincent Price, President, Duke University
Robert Quinn, Executive Director, Scholars at Risk Network
Ravi Rajan, President, California Institute of the Arts
Wendy E. Raymond, President, Haverford College
Christopher M. Reber, President, Hudson County Community College
Andrew Rehfeld, President, Hebrew Union College
Javier Reyes, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Rosie Rimando-Chareunsap, Chancellor, Seattle Colleges
Suzanne M. Rivera, President, Macalester College
Havidán Rodríguez, President, University at Albany
Michael S. Roth, President, Wesleyan University
James Ryan, President, University of Virginia
Vincent Rougeau, President, College of the Holy Cross
Michael Schill, President, Northwestern University
Kurt L. Schmoke, President, University of Baltimore
Carol Geary Schneider, Acting Executive Director, Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition
David Scobey, Director, Bringing Theory to Practice
Sean M. Scott, President and Dean, California Western School of Law
Zaldwaynaka Scott, President, Chicago State University
Claire Shipman, Acting President, Columbia University
Frank Shushok, Jr., President, Roanoke College
Philip J. Sisson, President, Middlesex Community College (MA)
Suzanne Smith, President, SUNY Potsdam
Valerie Smith, President, Swarthmore College
Paul Sniegowski, President, Earlham College
Barbara R. Snyder, President, Association of American Universities
Stephen Snyder, Interim President, Middlebury College
Kristen F. Soares, President, Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU)
Rachel Solemsaas, President, North Seattle College
Weymouth Spence, President, Washington Adventist University
Eric F. Spina, President, University of Dayton
Terri Standish-Kuon, President and CEO, Independent Colleges of Washington
G. Gabrielle Starr, President, Pomona College
Amy Storey, President, Keuka College
Karen A. Stout, President, Achieving the Dream
Tom Stritikus, President, Occidental College
Daniele Struppa, President, Chapman University
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Boston
Julie Sullivan, President, Santa Clara University
Aondover Tarhule, President, Illinois State University
Glena Temple, President, Dominican University
Steven J. Tepper. President, Hamilton College
Kellye Y. Testy, CEO, Association of American Law Schools
Tania Tetlow, President, Fordham University
Strom C. Thacker, President, Pitzer College
Scott L. Thomas, President, Sterling College
Stephen Thorsett, President, Willamette University
Joel Towers, President, The New School
Deborah Trautman, President and CEO, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Satish K. Tripathi, President, University at Buffalo, SUNY
James Troha, President, Juniata College
Kyaw Moe Tun, President, Parami University
Brad Tyndall, President, Central Wyoming College
LaTanya Tyson, President, Carolina Christian College
Matthew P. vandenBerg, President, Ohio Wesleyan University
James Vander Hooven, President, Mount Wachusett Community College
Laura R. Walker, President, Bennington College
Yolanda Watson Spiva, President, Complete College America
Phil Weilerstein, President, VentureWell
Adam Weinberg, President, Denison University
Steven A. Weiner, President, Menlo College
Michaele Whelan, President, Wheaton College
Manya C. Whitaker, Interim President, Colorado College
Julie A. Manley White, Chancellor and CEO, Pierce College
Kim A. Wilcox, Chancellor, University of California, Riverside
Sarah Willie-LeBreton, President, Smith College
Ed Wingenbach, President, Hampshire College
Mitchel L. Winick, President, Monterey College of Law
Jim Wohlpart, President, Central Washington University
Richard Yao, President, California State University Channel Islands
Safa R. Zaki, President, Bowdoin College

Wiz Imp

(4,759 posts)
3. It's now up to 308 as of 10:00 am this morning.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:46 AM
17 hrs ago

A big thank you to all those Universities signing on......and to the far too many who haven't yet signed on, what the hell are you waiting for?

My state of Pennsylvania alone has over 150 4-year and Graduate Colleges and Universities, and I've counted only 20 having signed on so far. Thankfully, my University has signed on!

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