Bring it on. Newsom Threatens to Cut Funds from Universities that Sign Trump ‘Compact’ for ‘Civil Discourse,’ Fighting Antisemitism.
The governor has threatened California schools that work with the Department of Education. Here’s why.
Newsom claims that the compact “ties access to federal funding to radical conservative ideological restrictions.” In fact, the document, mailed to several universities and obtained by the Washington Examiner, demands complete academic freedom while also protecting conservatives from being silenced.
The document, part of a response to universities’ failure to fight antisemitism, includes ten provisions:
Maintain “equality in admissions,” with no preference for race, gender, or other categories of identity
Maintain a “marketplace of ideas” and “civil discourse” that reflects a variety of viewpoints and protects freedom of speech
Nondiscrimination in hiring of faculty and administrative staff
Institutional neutrality on political and social issues, except those that affect the university itself
Integrity in student grading systems, to fight grade inflation
Equal treatment for students, including recognition that there are only two biological sexes, and protecting women’s locker rooms and sports
Financial responsibility, which includes avoiding costs that burden students with debt, providing financial advice about potential majors, and using endowments to help students in “hard sciences”
Avoiding “foreign entanglements” by scrutinizing foreign donations and vetting foreign students to exclude those with “with noxious values such as anti-Semitism and other anti-American values”
Maintaining preferences for American students, and allowing religious institutions to use sex-based preferences
Agreeing to enforcement by an external monitor who reports to the Department of Justice
Newsom said he will cut billions in funding to those schools. Billions that he doesn’t have. Do the math.
