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Dartmouth Faculty Draw Line on Federal Compact, Defend Academic Autonomy
In a moment of institutional reckoning, Dartmouth College has joined a growing chorus of academic resistance against a federal proposal that many faculty members have described as coercive and constitutionally suspect. The Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” circulated to nine elite universities including Dartmouth, has ignited a wave of concern across campus constituencies. The compact, which offers preferential access to federal research funding in exchange for adherence to a set of ideological and administrative stipulations, has been met with firm opposition from faculty, students, and alumni who view the proposal as an affront to academic autonomy
Isabella Rossi ·