A conservative think tank called on President Trump on Tuesday to “draft a new contract” that the university must follow or face “revoking all public interests.” According to a statement from the Manhattan Institute, institutions will have to end “they are directly involved in social and political activism,” abolish the “DEI bureaucracy” and release “full data on race, admissions and class rankings.”
The Manhattan statement on higher education also said that universities must prompt and significant penalties, including moratoriums and evictions, against anyone who would destroy spokespersons, destroy property, occupy buildings, call for violence or interruption of university operations. ”
“From the riots in George Floyd and in celebration of the Hamas terrorism, higher education institutions finally stripped of masks and revealed their animation spirit: racism, ideology, chaos,” the statement said.
“The university has contributed to a new tyranny that aims to drive the cause of digital censorship, public health lockdowns, child sexual trait modifications, race-based reallocations, and other initiatives to infringement of long-term rights in the United States,” it said.
Of the 44 signers are:
- Christopher Rufo, anti-Die activist, member of the board of directors of the University of Florida’s new college and senior fellow at the School of Manhattan;
- Virginia Foxx, a Republican U.S. representative from North Carolina, chaired the House Education and Workforce Committee;
- Jordan Peterson, Emeritus Professor at the University of Toronto, Daily wire Contributor;
- Ben Shapiro, a podcast and Daily wire Co-founder;
- Scott Yenor, a Claremont College Fellow and Boise State University professor, resigned from the University of West Florida’s board of directors after suggesting that only straight-forward white people should be in political leadership;
- Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars; and
- Emory University Emeritus Professor Mark Bauerlein, member of the Board of Trustees of the New Florida College.
Send to Internal Advanced ED“The American people have reached a point of decision: to continue to subsidize corruption in universities, or to demand wise, welcome and targeted reforms,” Rufo wrote.
In a post on Tuesday, Education Secretary Linda McMahon congratulated Rufo and Manhattan Institute on “envisioning a compelling roadmap to restore the integrity and rigor of American colleges!” But a spokesperson for the Department of Education did not specify whether the federal government would take action on the proposed contract.
