Professor Jackie Stevens, NU AAUP president, writing in Academic Blog: “The Resolution Agreement Between the United States of America and Northwestern University (Resolution) extends NU’s assault on faculty rights to academic freedom and shared governance initiated in February 2025. Faculty have reported that they may no longer teach subjects as their expertise dictates for fear of censure and punishment. The Resolution reiterates a key hypocrisy of similar compacts signed by other universities. The Resolution states that “protections of Title VI apply to all individuals equally, and that no groups or classes of people receive more or less protection under Title VI for their particular identity, classification, or status.” And yet the Resolution goes on to single out Jewish students for a special, disputed definition of their group membership (“shared ancestry”) and special protections.” Read more here.