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.
