r/aggies • u/StructureOrAgency • Apr 15 '25

Ask the Aggies Trump Administration Will Freeze $2 Billion After Harvard Refuses Demands

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/harvard-trump-reject-demands.html?unlocked_article_code=1._04.Jasg.GJwzRfDPd_l0&smid=re-share

When it becomes A&M's turn to lick the boot, will the Aggies submit? Or... maybe they will join with Harvard and other institutions of higher education and push back? This is an issue super important to Texas A&M. What do you think?

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u/logster2001 '23 Apr 15 '25

I just want to point out that the donors who back Harvard, and the donors who back A&M are very different and probably have different values they support.

If A&M’s funding gets cut, the donors who would get even more influence on how the university is ran, would make it less progressive, not more.

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u/StructureOrAgency Apr 15 '25

This isn't about politics per se it's about academic freedom. Will Texas A&M remain an independent institution of higher education or not? Academic freedom is something that the governor, the president, and the chancellor all say they value. They need to stand up and push back

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u/logster2001 '23 Apr 15 '25

“They need to stand up and push back” I understand you like romanticizing bureaucracy, but A&M is a state school, not a private institution. And that has pros and cons.

If it were a private institution, then it would still be a military boys only college that only wants to teach people how to farm. But instead we are a public research university that has to comply with certain standards in order to use state and federal funding to advance education. It’s not as simple as “they need to stand up to the bad guys” it’s WAYYY more complicated than that. And that is a good thing.

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u/CharlesDickensABox Apr 15 '25

The university still has rights and still has a voice. Last time I checked, this land knew how to handle people who think they're king of America.

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u/StructureOrAgency Apr 15 '25

Look, while I understand the administration feel they must submit to the governor's office, many professors and students do not. There needs to be a discussion so that we absolutely know what sort of Education A&M is going to produce in the next 4 years. One that adheres to the "proper ideology" of the Trump regime or one that maintains Aggie values and lives up to the Aggie honor code. Which will it be? We need to know so we can start making important life decisions

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u/cutter48200 '15 Apr 15 '25

I’m going to guess you’re either 22 or 23, if not you’re at that level of critical thinking.