""Do the right thing," he said. "What's the point of the system? What's the point of the university? What's the point of all of this if we don't have academic freedom? ... It's not a choice, and the fact that I felt I needed to even send that message is rather shocking, because some people think it is.""
"The White House offer to USC and a small group of prominent universities - among them the University of Arizona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas and Brown University - calls on campuses to follow Trump's views on gender identity, admissions, diversity and free speech, among other areas. In exchange, they would get more favorable access to federal research grants and additional funding, among other benefits."
Gov. Newsom criticized a federal higher education compact offered to USC and other universities and urged campus leaders to reject the proposal. He warned California would cut billions in state funding from any university that accepts the compact. The compact conditions federal benefits on adopting conservative positions on gender identity, admissions, diversity and free speech and would prevent recognition of transgender identities and restrict foreign student enrollment. The offer promises preferential access to federal research grants and additional funding in return. Newsom called the arrangement a "false choice" and framed it as a threat to academic freedom.
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