Your Cart is Empty
By Leo Nyberg and Aria Lynn-Skov
Yale Daily News
Yale recently proposed a settlement with the Trump administration in response to a broadening investigation into its graduate and undergraduate admissions practices, The New York Times reported on Friday. In May, the Department of Justice accused the Yale School of Medicine of discriminating against white and Asian applicants following a yearlong investigation into the school’s admissions practices. The Times found that the inquiry, which came in light of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling that deemed race-conscious admissions practices illegal, has expanded to scrutinize law school and undergraduate admissions.
Comments will be approved before showing up.
For the good of the Nation, university leadership must seize this occasion to drive essential reforms—a process some began by adopting positions of institutional neutrality and improving policies related to campus protests. Before the end of 2026, I call on every postsecondary institution to describe to the American public your commitments to rigorous teaching, pathbreaking research, and national service—commitments that make our universities a bedrock institution of the American republic.
Now the administration is back with Compact 2.0, formally titled "A National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards." It includes some rhetorical flourishes intended to make it seem less threatening to teaching, learning and research. But make no mistake: It once again asks colleges and universities to align themselves with a far-right agenda at the expense of students’ education and the public’s well-being.
