University of Alaska unions preemptively ask regents not to sign Trump administration compact

Trump’s college compact identified problems in higher ed. But experts fault its approach.

The compact has some worthy ideas, some higher education experts say, such as addressing the cost of college, but a federal compact requiring a tuition freeze isn't the right cure.

University of Alaska unions ask Board of Regents not to sign federal higher education compact

University of Alaska Regent Joey Krum and UA President Pat Pitney listen during a meeting at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau on Sept. 4, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO) Listen here: https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/04CompactPetition.wav A controversial higher education compact from the Trump administration has sparked a petition from several University of Alaska unions, who say they’re worried about political over…

University of Alaska unions preemptively ask regents not to sign Trump administration compact

The compact opposed by UA faculty unions has been rejected by most of the universities directly contacted by the Trump administration.

What Universities Should Do After Rejecting Trump’s Compact

HxA members Anna Krylov, Tom Ginsburg, and Jon Zimmerman discuss what universities should do after rejecting Trump’s compact

Vanderbilt community protests Trump administration’s higher education compact

On Wednesday, more than a hundred students, professors, staff and community members with the Indivisible movement gathered on Vanderbilt University’s campus to demand that the university reject the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” Protestors held signs reading “Reject the Compact,” “Protect International Students,” and “Black and Gold, not Red Tape,” referring to the school’s colors. Some carried Amer…

Vanderbilt Community Demands University Reject the “Compact” Students, Staff, Faculty, and Community Members to Rally November 5 – The Tennessee Tribune

Members of the Vanderbilt community will raise our voices against the “compact” for higher education on November 5th at 11am outside of the administration’s offices at Kirkland Hall. Indivisible Vanderbilt, the American Association of University Professors and Vanderbilt Graduate Workers United will join with members of the campus community in calling on administration to do the right thing and reject Trump’s compact. We urge the Vanderbilt comm…