In Emergency Meeting, Vanderbilt Faculty Senate Votes to Condemn Trump Administration ‘Compact’

In emergency meeting, Vanderbilt Faculty Senate votes to condemn Trump administration ‘compact’

The Vanderbilt Faculty Senate, an elected body composed of deans and representative faculty members, has formally opposed entering into a compact with the Trump administration to comply with new directives in exchange for preferential access to funding. In an emergency…

Faculty Senate, VSG urge university not to sign Trump’s higher education compact - The Vanderbilt Hustler

Vanderbilt’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution on Oct. 8 opposing President Donald Trump’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” and asking the university administration not to sign the document. Vanderbilt Student Government released a joint statement with six of the other schools that were invited to sign the compact which similarly opposed the compact and called on the university not to sign it.  Trump’s administration sent t…

Vanderbilt Faculty Senate Opposes White House Compact

University members approve resolution recommending university reject Trump deal