I'd like to see a map showing where these schools are located and how the counties and states tend to vote.

Aggieland Proud said:

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The list of signees are pretty much exactly who you would have expected. For the most part, East Coast, West Coast, Ivy League, small liberal colleges, and a whole bunch of who-is-that type schools. SEC, SEC, SEC!

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Rednecks aren't as stupid as liberals think.

All this tells me he's doing something right.

Oooo... 100+.

Whenever these stupid "signed letters" rear their ugly heads, I question: "how many did NOT sign the letter?"

Ag87H2O said:

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You know you're over the target when you start seeing flak.

I hope this letter to Tump is like saying sic'em to a guard dog.

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I support this statement!

Owlagdad said:

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They say that Trump takes away their independence, while they take away independent thinking and encourage group think and of course their way of thinking.

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They got it backwards. By removing federal tax money(bribes) President Trump's administration is giving them the right to teach and say whatever they want.

ETA: nevermind, several posters already addressed this.

Omperlodge said:

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Trump should put out a list of the value of their endowments and the amount owed by students who attended their university. My guess is that they racked up their endowments on the back of the students and the federal government.

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That would be very interesting, thank you.

I haven't looked at the list, but I'm going to bet Hillsdale is not on there

whoop1995 said:

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John Hopkins was the number one university voice during the pandemic - and constructed Covid rehearsal and reactive plans for all of us. They were the institution of "science" behind the witchery.

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They have a revolving door with the NiH and FDA. Corrupt as hell

I support this letter. It is great starter list for auditing purposes and other close scrutiny!!

Conservative Duke grads right now...

Sad to see a former colleague of mine signed this letter.

These colleges are dependent on government and full-paying foreign students to stay afloat.

Demanding we continue to subsidize their campaign of leftist political indoctrination

No thanks

“We are going to kill ourselves because of stupidity.”

~ Allan Savory pic.twitter.com/bHHPZFhi54

— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) April 22, 2025

Krautag81 said:

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Awful lot of private schools….let them fend for themselves.

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And it is these private schools that has squeezed its students into taking out large student loans.

What Trump should do next is to order what is left of the Department of Education to start looking into these private schools and start the process of revoking their Accreditation
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They're so angry that we know what a woman is again, that we don't want men in women's sports, and that antisemitism won't be tolerated. That's what this is about. That's the "overreach".

Colleges should not be tax payers money. Research paid by corporations or foundations.

Harvard has over 55 B in the bank. Spend some of it, marxists.

techno-ag said:

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/us-university-presidents-trump-administration

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More than 100 presidents of US colleges and universities have signed a statement denouncing the Trump administration's "unprecedented government overreach and political interference" with higher education the strongest sign yet that US educational institutions are forming a unified front against the government's extraordinary attack on their independence.

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It has long been known you take Uncle Sam's dollar, you dance to his tune. They were fine taking it with Dems in charge. Buckle up buttercups.

Here's the letter and signatories:

https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement

Not seeing A&M or tu on there.

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Interesting they used word "independence"

The colleges even the private ones are actually highly dependent on federal funds. They should follow federal law on discrimination and support their Jewish students. Otherwise they can go without our tax money.

Very simple.

Aggie Jurist said:

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Sad to see a former colleague of mine signed this letter.

These colleges are dependent on government and full-paying foreign students to stay afloat.

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Writing is on the wall. Cut the admin bloat driven by dei offices and safe space coordinators. Or fossilize w the dinosaurs

The vast majority of these universities are private schools. Let them fend for themselves.

Private schools shouldn't be receiving any kind of federal funding to begin with.

DallasAg 94 said:

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I quit giving to A&M when I realized how large their endowment was.

The US Gov should not be giving money to schools who have large "endowments." It is clearly "for-profit."

I hated that Obama moved Student Debt/Lending into the Gov. But, here we are.

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Harvard's Form 990 for 2021 showed $9.6 billion in revenue (about $5 billion from investments) and net earnings of about $3.8 billion. They took in about $1.7 billion in tuition, room, and board. They're graduating students with six figure debts. If it were run by a conservative, we'd be hearing about "Big Education" fleecing our students.

All the crying about losing the grant money is pure greed. They could easily cover that $2 billion without stopping any research.

Cut them loose from the US Government tit and watch them hit the ground, like the US citizens that fell off the last Biden-aire plane out of Afghanistan.

A drop in the number of people attending college through a reduction in federal money or, gasp, restricting Federal college lending, would lead to a drop in their numbers, funding, and network.

A good journalist (with a presence) should research and publish a list of the top 50 degrees that will guarantee a huge debt load and low to zero chance of employment.

Federal student loans for these degrees specifically could then be eliminated or drastically reduced, since they serve zero benefit to the taxpayers.

This would also (at least) clearly show those kids and parents who are either too stupid or lazy to figure it out beforehand. It would also neuter the "counselors" sales pitches that these degree plans are a path to even consider. In a perfect world they would wither on the vine.

You people crack me up. The fact that you think he's not over stepping his boundaries is laughable. He (nor any president) should have any say so into what MY university does. This is the road to dictatorship and most of you either don't care or haven't paid attention in history class. He's following the Orban playbook to a "T". Wake up and pay attention:
1) suing/attacking the media (minus Fox of course)
2) ignoring Judicial orders (even when his admin admits they deported in error)
3) no due process (you think this is fine until he targets you and yours?)
4) controlling museums
5) controlling universities
6) unilaterally slashing agencies that they have no constitutional right to do so
7) stacking justice dept with sycophants and targeting his political enemies
8) firing all inspector generals so there's no oversight on whats going on on (that the press doesn't discover)
9) giving his largest campaign donor access to gov't systems and OUR PII data (if Obama/Biden had given an unelected foreign born national access to any of these system most you would have had a heart attack).

I highly doubt Tier 1 University of Houston is on this list.

Ambassador Fertitta wouldn't let that happen.

beeger12 said:

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You people crack me up. The fact that you think he's not over stepping his boundaries is laughable. He (nor any president) should have any say so into what MY university does. This is the road to dictatorship and most of you either don't care or haven't paid attention in history class. He's following the Orban playbook to a "T". Wake up and pay attention:
1) suing/attacking the media (minus Fox of course)
2) ignoring Judicial orders (even when his admin admits they deported in error)
3) no due process (you think this is fine until he targets you and yours?)
4) controlling museums
5) controlling universities
6) unilaterally slashing agencies that they have no constitutional right to do so
7) stacking justice dept with sycophants and targeting his political enemies
8) firing all inspector generals so there's no oversight on whats going on on (that the press doesn't discover)
9) giving his largest campaign donor access to gov't systems and OUR PII data (if Obama/Biden had given an unelected foreign born national access to any of these system most you would have had a heart attack).

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You forgot he's taking a sledgehammer to a problem instead of using a scalpel.

Other than that oversite your list is the typical idiot talking points by weak, spineless, limp wristed liberals who hate change and would prefer to suck on the hind teat of the government.

ABATTBQ87 said:

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Other than that oversite your list is the typical idiot talking points by weak, spineless, limp wristed liberals who hate change and would prefer to suck on the hind teat of the government.

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Who also provide no alternative solutions to the identified problems. They'd just rather complain about orange man.

beeger12 said:

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You people crack me up. The fact that you think he's not over stepping his boundaries is laughable. He (nor any president) should have any say so into what MY university does. This is the road to dictatorship and most of you either don't care or haven't paid attention in history class. He's following the Orban playbook to a "T". Wake up and pay attention:
1) suing/attacking the media (minus Fox of course)
2) ignoring Judicial orders (even when his admin admits they deported in error)
3) no due process (you think this is fine until he targets you and yours?)
4) controlling museums
5) controlling universities
6) unilaterally slashing agencies that they have no constitutional right to do so
7) stacking justice dept with sycophants and targeting his political enemies
8) firing all inspector generals so there's no oversight on whats going on on (that the press doesn't discover)
9) giving his largest campaign donor access to gov't systems and OUR PII data (if Obama/Biden had given an unelected foreign born national access to any of these system most you would have had a heart attack).

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Well then, your university does not need those Federal grant dollars. That way, it can do whatever it wants.

There is no such thing as "free" for somewhere or somehow, someone is paying for it.

And we are paying attention for trying to fix what Biden and the Democrats have screwed up in this country.

This is what "flushing the toilet" to the government looks like.

beeger wants to remind you all that only approved presidents from the Marxist regime can do whatever they want and when the people elect the non-communist candidate because they want changes, the president should have no power to do anything.