Dickinson College AAUP Executive Committee, writing in Academe Blog: “Dickinson College’s faculty overwhelmingly approved a resolution to propose and help establish a mutual academic defense compact (MADC) with institutions in the Annapolis Group of Liberal Arts Colleges. The purpose of the MADC is to defend academic freedom and institutional autonomy in response to government overreach by building strategic alliances and solidarity among liberal arts institutions across the country. Under the compact, all participating colleges would collaborate to protect free inquiry and expression on campuses and to coordinate a unified, robust response to attempts to undermine academic freedom. While faculty at many public universities have proposed similar resolutions, Dickinson College is one of the first small liberal arts colleges to propose this type of initiative.”

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