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See a message below from our national affiliate, the AFT, and click to sign on to a letter calling upon university leaders to reject this compact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In solidarity,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frederick E. Kowal, Ph.D.<br>President<br>United University Professions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the Trump compact, a successful childhood cancer research project could be cut off because the university allows trans athletes to play on a team. A lab focused on ensuring a clean water supply could be shut down because the university\u2019s mission includes promoting diversity in the student body. A nursing school could lose critical funding because professors are teaching about women\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This policy is a clumsy attempt at thought-policing that will have repercussions for all of society. It risks America\u2019s world leadership in science, technology, innovation and healthcare, creating opportunities for our competitors and our enemies to take the lead. It sets us backward toward an era of less innovation, fewer cures for diseases and a shrinking economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/petitions\/trump-higher-ed-compact-2025\">Add your name to our public sign-on letter, and call on university leaders to reject this compact.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/petitions\/trump-higher-ed-compact-2025\">Add Your Name \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about the implications of Trump\u2019s so-called compact with colleges in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/02\/opinion\/trump-compact-universities-constitution.html\">Erwin Chemerinsky\u2019s op-ed in the\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aft.org\/press-release\/aaups-wolfson-and-afts-weingarten-trumps-loyalty-pledge-colleges-and-universities\">AFT and the American Association of University Professors\u2019 press release<\/a>\u00a0slamming the Trump administration\u2019s ideological litmus test for higher education.\u202f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear UUP activists, You have likely heard about the Federal administration\u2019s offer of a \u201ccompact\u201d with nine Research universities that would, if agreed to, effectively abolish academic freedom and institutional autonomy at those campuses. 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