Tag: Jon Hale

Faculty at U of I urge administrators to reject Trump higher education compact

The school’s University Senate voted Monday to urge administrators to keep the school out of the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.

A mammoth sculpture stands on the edge of the University of Illinois Quad. It was installed in 2023 as a reminder that the mammoths would have lived in the Champaign area 30,000 years ago.

Faculty members urge University of Illinois to join Big Ten mutual defense compact

Under the “mutual academic defense compact,” participating schools would share financial and legal resources in the face of any challenges from the federal government.