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Jennifer Lundquist and the Stand Together for Higher Leadership Team
Academe Blog
Excerpt: I, along with the undersigned leaders of Stand Together for Higher Ed, a national faculty-led movement to defend US higher education, are deeply concerned by reports that Harvard University is engaged in negotiations with the Trump administration to settle ongoing legal disputes. While negotiation is not inherently wrong, in this case it risks setting a dangerous precedent for faculty governance, academic freedom, and institutional autonomy across higher education. All eyes have been on Harvard’s lawsuit because its outcome will shape these values for the rest of us.
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