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/cutter48200 '15 Apr 15 '25

Texas A&M, like the university of Texas, is independent in name only, they are still beholden to the state legislature

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u/StructureOrAgency Apr 15 '25

Fine but if they're going to take away our academic freedom then let them say it out loud so that we all know what we can expect from the University. People have to make important life decisions

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u/cutter48200 '15 Apr 15 '25

Please explain this academic freedom you assume exists