Newsom Says He'll Cut State Funding for California Colleges That Sign Deal With Trump Admin (Connecting the Dots: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, The Truman Center for National Policy, Kamala D. Harris, Hunter Biden, The American Federation of Teachers & Soros Funding, All Networking)
The
Trump administration’s memo, first obtained and reported by The Wall Street
Journal, targets progressive influence in higher education.
The
Epoch Times
Brad
Jones
10/2/2025|Updated:
10/3/2025
California Gov. Gavin Newsom retaliated against the Trump administration’s offer
of preferred consideration for federal funding to some of the most prestigious
public and private universities in the nation, by threatening to withhold state
funding for any that sign the deal.
Newsom
issued a statement
on Oct. 2 saying no state funding will be sent to California universities that
agree to the federal government’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher
Education.” The 10-point memo, first obtained and reported
by The Wall Street Journal, is aimed at combating progressive influence in
higher education.
The
memo requires the nine colleges that received it to follow a series of terms
that include limiting the number of international students, freezing tuition
rates for five years, and banning preference by race or gender in admissions
and hiring.
According
to Newsom, such an agreement would tie access to federal funding to what the
governor said are “radical conservative ideological restrictions” on colleges
and universities.
“If
any California university signs this radical agreement, they’ll lose billions
in state funding—including Cal grants—instantly. California will not bankroll
schools that sell out their students, professors, researchers, and surrender
academic freedom,” Newsom wrote in all caps.
The
“compact,” Newsom said, is “nothing short of a hostile takeover of America’s
universities.”
The
governor alleged that the compact would impose strict government-mandated
definitions of academic terms, “erase diversity, and rip control away from
campus leaders to install government-mandated conservative ideology in its
place.” He said it would dictate how schools spend their own endowments, and
that any institution that resists could be hit with “crushing fines or stripped
of federal research funding.”
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) also
issued a statement.
“We
were alarmed to read reports that Penn has been “invited” to sign a so-called
“Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” by the federal
government, and that failing to do so would jeopardize federal funding,” the
AAUP statement read.
Compliance
with the agreement would be subject to ongoing review by the federal Department
of Justice (DOJ), and “insufficient obedience” would result in a loss of access
to student loans, grant programs, federal contracts, funding for research,
approval of visas, and tax exemption, the AAUP-Penn executive committee wrote.
“Decisions
about hiring, tuition, admissions, grades, and discipline are made according to
shared governance procedures that are essential to the independence and
academic freedom of the University.
“Penn
must not allow itself to be threatened into ceding its self-determination.
Whatever the consequences of refusal, agreeing would threaten the very mission
of the University,” they wrote.
Aaron
Gifford contributed to this report.
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Association_of_University_Professors
Recent
events
Since
2010, the AAUP has published the Journal of Academic Freedom, an
online-only open-access annual journal.[14][15]
In
June 2022, the AAUP affiliated
with the American Federation of Teachers.[16]
In
August 2024, AAUP president Todd Wolfson called United States Senator JD Vance a
"fascist"
during that year's presidential election.[17] This
foreshadowed battles to come, as AAUP has opposed many of the Trump administration's
higher education policies and sued to stop the recommended funding cuts
on Ivy League institutions.
Connecting the Dots:
Gavin Newsom is
the California state government, governor a director at the Center
for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (think tank) and was invited
to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.
Ira Lechner is a
director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (think
tank) and was a director at the Truman Center for National Policy.
R. Hunter Biden is
a director at the Truman Center for National Policy and Joseph
R. Biden Jr’s son.
Kamala D. Harris is
an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy and
was vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.
Madeleine K.
Albright was the president of the Truman Center for National
Policy and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International
Rescue Committee.
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Rhonda Weingarten (Randi)
is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and the
president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
American
Federation of Teachers (AFT) is a national partner with America
Votes.
Planned
Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America
Votes.
Cecile Richards was
the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the founder
& president of America Votes, the president of the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America and was a grant overseer for the Turner
Foundation.
Open Society Foundations was
a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America
and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a friend of Michael
Douglas and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Ted Turner is a
co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the
chairman for the Turner Foundation and the founder of CNN.
Michael Douglas is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a
friend of George Soros.
William J. Perry is
a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and an
advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy.
R. Hunter Biden is
a director at the Truman Center for National Policy and Joseph
R. Biden Jr’s son.
Kamala D. Harris is
an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy and
was vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.
Ira Lechner was a
director at the Truman Center for National Policy and is a director
at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (think tank).
Gavin Newsom is
a director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (think
tank), the California state government, governor and was
invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.
George Soros was
married in 2013 & Gavin Newsom was a guest at his wedding reception
and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the International Rescue Committee.
Rhonda Weingarten (Randi)
is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and the
president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
Madeleine K.
Albright was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee
and the president of the Truman Center for National Policy.
R. Hunter Biden is
a director at the Truman Center for National Policy and Joseph
R. Biden Jr’s son.
Kamala D. Harris is
an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy and
was vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.
Ira Lechner was a
director at the Truman Center for National Policy and is a director
at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (think tank).
Gavin Newsom is
a director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (think
tank), the California state government, governor and was
invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.
Resources: Past Research
Smaller Bites – American Federation of Teachers (Connecting the Dots:
Rhonda (Randi) Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, The National
Education Association as NEA, FDR, America Votes & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on the American Federation of Teachers)
Wednesday,
December 14, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/12/smaller-bites-american-federation-of.html
CPAC Poll: Schiff, Newsom Biggest Threats to US, GOP (Connecting the
Dots: Gavin Newsom, The Commercial Club of Chicago, Adam Schiff, Blue Dog
Coalition, The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, The ATF &
Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on
the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation & Gavin Newsom)
Sunday,
February 23, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/02/cpac-poll-schiff-newsom-biggest-threats.html
Newsom Says Dems Need Kirk-Like Outreach to Young Men (Utah Valley
University, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, The Center for Arms Control and
Non-Proliferation, Gun Control Groups & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Center for Arms Control and
Non-Proliferation & Gavin Newsom)
Wednesday,
September 17, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/09/newsom-says-dems-need-kirk-like.html
Madeleine Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies at 84
(Connecting Her Dots In The Soros Network) (Past
Research on Madeleine Albright, Hunter Biden & Kamala Harris)
Thursday,
March 24, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/03/madeleine-albright-1st-female-us.html
Planned Parenthood Prez: ‘A Woman Voting for Ted Cruz Is Like a Chicken
Voting for Col. Sanders’ (Past Research on the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America)
Tuesday,
April 19, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/04/planned-parenthood-prez-woman-voting.html
Newsom Says Dems Need Kirk-Like Outreach to Young Men (Utah Valley
University, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, The Center for Arms Control and
Non-Proliferation, Gun Control Groups & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Gavin Newsom, & the Center for Arms
Control and Non-Proliferation)
Wednesday,
September 17, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/09/newsom-says-dems-need-kirk-like.html
Charleston: CNN’s Sick Pattern of Using the Dead as Political Weapons
Against the Right (Past Research on CNN)
Saturday,
June 20, 2015
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