Campus leaders are grappling with the effects of Trump’s immigration ban. Many are warning their students, staff and faculty about foreign travel and reinforcing their commitment to a global community of scholars. Here is a sampling of statements from higher education leaders:
Mary Sue Coleman, Association of American Universities
Peter McPherson, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
Muriel Howard, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Petition by Nobel laureates and more than 6,000 academics around the country
Richard M. Locke, Brown University
Satish K. Tripathi, University at Buffalo
Janet Napolitano and Chancellors of the University of California
Subra Suresh, Carnegie Mellon University
Robert J. Zimmer and Daniel Diermeier, University of Chicago
James P. Clements, Clemson University
David A. Greene, Colby College
Hunter R. Rawlings III, Cornell University
Richard Brodhead and Sally Kornbluth, Duke University
Thomas J. Haas, Grand Valley State University
Drew G. Faust, Harvard University
Michael McRobbie, Indiana University
Marty Meehan, University of Massachusetts
Mark Schlissel, University of Michigan
Martin A. Schmidt, Cynthia Barnhart and Maria T. Zuber, MIT
Michael E. Pippenger, Notre Dame University
Amy Gutman, University of Pennsylvania
Eric J. Barron, Penn State University
Patrick Gallagher, University of Pittsburgh
Mitch Daniels, Purdue University
Jane Gatewood, University of Rochester
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, John Etchemendy and Persis Drell, Stanford University
Kim Schatzel, Towson University
Teresa Sullivan and Tom Katsouleas, University of Virginia
Peter Salovey, Benjamin Polak, and Kimberly Goff-Crews, Yale University
Ángel Cabrera at George Mason University retweeted this statement from November. And the University of Chicago wrote an open letter to President Trump that was shared with its campus.
We’ll share more as we receive them, and we welcome you to add to this list. For additional coverage of higher education’s response and public statements, see Inside Higher Ed’s article “Higher Education Leaders Denounce Trump’s Travel Ban” and the Chronicle of Higher Education’s coverage, “Shock, Despair, and Outrage: Academics Condemn Trump’s Immigration Crackdown.”
John A. Fry, President, Drexel University
John A. Fry, President, Drexel University
http://drexel.edu/president/messages/message/2017/January/support-for-international-students-faculty-staff/
Here’s a strong response from President Joseph Aoun at Northeastern University in Boston. Note that it went to the entire university community and was signed by the senior leadership team as well as President Aoun.
http://www.northeastern.edu/president/2017/01/28/embracing-our-global-community/
The Association of College & Research Libraries has also issued a statement affirming its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and access.
http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/13139