仅事实
多所大学拒绝白宫高等教育协议
摘要
多所大学拒绝了白宫提出的将联邦资金与政策变革挂钩的协议，理由是担忧学术自由和机构自主权受到影响。
白宫提出的“高等教育学术卓越协议”遭遇了主要大学的强烈抵制。该协议建议各高校承诺实施特定政策变革——如冻结学费五年、将国际本科生比例限制在15%以内、取消招生和招聘中的种族及性别考量——以换取联邦资金的优惠支持。
教育部长琳达·麦克马洪将最近与大学校长的会议形容为“定义共同愿景的重要一步”，强调“对帮助美国大学成就卓越的传统原则的重新承诺”。
尽管进行了这些讨论，仍有多所高校拒绝签署该协议。弗吉尼亚大学代理校长保罗·马霍尼表达了担忧，认为将联邦资金与具体承诺挂钩可能“破坏研究的完整性，进一步削弱公众对高等教育的信心”。麻省理工学院（MIT）率先拒绝该提议，称其将限制言论自由和校园独立性。
布朗大学、宾夕法尼亚大学和南加州大学等其他高校也因担忧学术自由和机构自主权而拒绝参与。随着10月20日截止日期临近，达特茅斯学院、亚利桑那大学、德克萨斯大学和范德堡大学等尚未公布决定。
该协议在学术界引发了更广泛的争论。美国大学教授协会批评该提议，称其类似“忠诚誓言”，可能开启“美国高等教育思想审查的新纪元”。此外，30多个高等教育组织呼吁政府撤回该协议，认为其将赋予政府前所未有的学术机构控制权，阻碍言论自由。
白宫坚持认为该协议旨在恢复校园的学术功绩和意识形态平衡。特朗普总统表示，签署该协议的高校将助力实现“高等教育学术卓越的黄金时代”，旨在改革他所描述的“用觉醒、社会主义和反美意识形态腐蚀我们的青年和社会”的机构。
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