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Because nobody (including the link from president.mit.edu) included the text of the Compact, I'm linking it here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/
by anonymousiam 1y ago
Because nobody (including the link from president.mit.edu) included the text of the Compact, I'm linking it here:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Compact-for-Academic-Excellence-in-Higher-Education-10.1.pdf https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/1...
After a quick skim, I don't see an issue. Is the opposition to this based upon any rational argument, or is it just "Resist Trump"?
- mostlysimilar 1y agoGovernment forcing institutions to conform to a specific ideology. > Signatories commit themselves to revising governance structures as necessary to create such an environment, including but not limited to transforming or abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas. > Institutions commit to defining and otherwise interpreting “male,” “female,” “woman,” and “man” according to reproductive function and biological processes.
- benjaminsky2 1y agoI read the whole thing. Seems pretty fair to me, including the section prohibiting discrimination against conservative ideas. With all the coverage I expected something crazy.
- grogers 1y agoI don't see how any company could possibly freeze prices for five years. How will they survive if tuition doesn't keep pace with costs in an inflationary environment?