Straws in the Wind - Part 165

From The Dartmouth: College President Sian Leah Beilock has travelled to Washington, D.C., eight times since the beginning of the year to meet with members of the federal government, according to senior vice president for communications and government relations Justin Anderson. College leaders are “focused on” protecting the school’s research and financial aid funding as the Trump administration has continued to renegotiate its relationship with higher education, according to Anderson. 

...This is part of a larger College effort. In June, Dartmouth, along with 16 other universities, filed an amicus brief backing Harvard University’s lawsuit against the Trump administration after federal funding cuts. Similarly, in October, the College rejected the Trump administration’s higher education compact, which offered funding benefits in exchange for capping international enrollment...

Full story at https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2025/11/college-advocating-for-research-funding-in-talks-with-trump-administration.

From the Brown Daily Herald: In The Herald’s Fall 2025 Poll, 46% of respondents said they felt uncomfortable expressing their political beliefs at Brown, but this trend is more pronounced among conservative students. Over half of right-leaning students said they have felt uncomfortable sharing their political views in class, compared to about a quarter of liberal students... In The Herald’s most recent poll, 78% of students identified as liberal or progressive, with less than 7% of students identifying as conservative...

Other conservative students reported similar discomfort. About 72% of conservative students said they have felt uncomfortable expressing their political beliefs in a social setting, compared to just 37% of very liberal students, according to The Herald’s poll... Associate Professor of Political Science Alex Gourevitch said multiple students have told him they felt uncomfortable expressing their opinions in class. “In the past, I had students tell me they were afraid to express viewpoints that would offend campus liberals,” he wrote in a message to The Herald. “I have had students tell me more recently that they were afraid to express views about Trump, Israel and American politics generally.” ...

Full story at https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025/11/they-would-be-ostracized-over-45-of-students-have-felt-uncomfortable-expressing-political-beliefs-herald-poll-finds.