U. Arizona Students Divided Over President Trump’s Compact for Higher Education
“This is a long-awaited initiative […] to finally respect, bolster and represent conservative students as they do our liberal counterparts”
It’s amazing that this article actually includes commentary from pro-Trump students. How refreshing.
The Daily Wildcat reports:
Students clash after UA declined to sign President Trump’s compact for higher education
The University of Arizona’s decision not to sign the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education as currently written has sparked strong reactions from students on both sides of the political spectrum.
The compact, which was sent to universities nationwide, called for eliminating race-based admissions, scaling back diversity programs and enforcing “viewpoint neutrality” in classrooms.
On Oct. 20, UA President Suresh Garimella announced the university would not sign the compact as written, instead issuing a separate Statement of Principles reaffirming the university’s independence and commitment to free speech.
For Victoria Watson, a sophomore studying political science and Middle Eastern studies, as well as the secretary of the College Democrats of Arizona, that cautious response didn’t go far enough.
“Higher education has been under attack constantly,” Watson said. “If you’ve been marginalized, our government needs to make up for that. This compact would erase that progress.”…
While many progressive students condemned the compact, others defended it as a long-overdue correction.
In an Oct. 15 opinion column, Zaina Jasser viewed the compact as refreshing. Jasser argued that the Associated Students of the University of Arizona Student Body President, Adriana Grijalva, has not prioritized the thousands of conservative students waiting for action.
“Don’t be fooled, my UA student body president does not represent me,” Jasser wrote. “Her words of faith to represent the university community apply to only the voices in power, already unrepresentative.”
Jasser described the Higher Education Compact as an important step toward equal representation for conservative students.
“This is a long-awaited initiative […] to finally respect, bolster and represent conservative students as they do our liberal counterparts,” Jasser wrote. “It is fairness with incentive.”
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“Jasser argued that the Associated Students of the University of Arizona Student Body President, Adriana Grijalva, has not prioritized the thousands of conservative students waiting for action.”
Nor will she ever. From a fatherless home, she and her nearly all-female family epitomize the anxiety-based distaff approach to politics.