Brown University settled with the Trump administration to restore research funding, agreeing to pay $50 million over 10 years, a week after Columbia settled.
July 30 Brown University on Wednesday reached a settlement with the Trump administration to restore research funding, agreeing to pay $50 million over 10 years, one week after another Ivy League school, Columbia, settled.
In April, the Department of Education paused more than $500 million in funds, and investigations were launched on the private Rhode Island school’s compliance with anti-discrimination laws.
„The University’s foremost priority throughout discussions with the government was remaining true to our academic mission, our core values and who we are as a community at Brown“, Brown President Christina Paxson said in a statement. „This is reflected in key provisions of the resolution agreement preserving our academic independence.
„We stand solidly behind commitments we repeatedly have affirmed to protect all members of our community from harassment and discrimination, [and] we protect the ability of our faculty and students to study and learn academic subjects of their choosing.“
In a letter to the Brown community, she wrote: „We applaud the agreement’s unequivocal assertion that the agreement does not give the government the ‚authority to dictate Brown’s curriculum or the content of academic speech.
