All the talk of "fierce independence" is pretty rich, coming from those who feel entitled to unconditional taxpayer support. One wonders where they were in previous administrations with heavy handed interference like the "dear colleague" letters. So now they are rejecting a proposed compact containing reform principles which the public would regard as common sensical, and which some of the university officials admit to be such, and thus find themselves appearing to be on the wrong side of the issue. Hard to have much sympathy for them.
The only op-ed i've seen, yes. But others such as Allen for instance, communicate that this is an opportunity to organize and collaborate to drive reform.
"Austin Sarat of Amherst College wrote in Inside Higher Ed, “If colleges relent, they will… send the message that the pursuit of truth matters less than loyalty to a political agenda and that colleges and universities can be made to give up their independence if the price of freedom is high enough.”
Amazing hypocrisy and disingenuousness. The "pursuit of truth" has been terribly, if not fatally, damaged as the telos of the university by the woke neomarxists.
If the Compact is too intrusive, the Chicago Trifecta could be a serious substitute.
HxA member John Wilson published his take on the Compact in Inside Higher Ed, warning that the Compact violates academic freedom and is "both grotesquely illegal and unconstitutional": https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/debatable-ideas/2025/10/15/compact-destroy-academic-freedom#
All the talk of "fierce independence" is pretty rich, coming from those who feel entitled to unconditional taxpayer support. One wonders where they were in previous administrations with heavy handed interference like the "dear colleague" letters. So now they are rejecting a proposed compact containing reform principles which the public would regard as common sensical, and which some of the university officials admit to be such, and thus find themselves appearing to be on the wrong side of the issue. Hard to have much sympathy for them.
So according to this summary, Prof. Krylov is the only _scholar_ who wants their university to sign the Compact.
Fellow Heterodox at USC member Jim Moore, who is an emeritus professor at USC, wrote an op-ed advocating for USC to sign the compact over on Minding the Campus: https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2025/10/07/the-university-of-southern-california-should-embrace-trumps-compact/
The only op-ed i've seen, yes. But others such as Allen for instance, communicate that this is an opportunity to organize and collaborate to drive reform.
Obviously Prof. Krylov is far from alone.
"Austin Sarat of Amherst College wrote in Inside Higher Ed, “If colleges relent, they will… send the message that the pursuit of truth matters less than loyalty to a political agenda and that colleges and universities can be made to give up their independence if the price of freedom is high enough.”
Amazing hypocrisy and disingenuousness. The "pursuit of truth" has been terribly, if not fatally, damaged as the telos of the university by the woke neomarxists.
If the Compact is too intrusive, the Chicago Trifecta could be a serious substitute.