{"id":713,"date":"2025-02-28T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/?p=713"},"modified":"2025-03-06T12:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:40:26","slug":"admin-remain-vague-on-potential-trump-policy-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/admin-remain-vague-on-potential-trump-policy-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Admin remain vague on potential Trump policy changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NYU leadership doubled down on its cautionary public response to President Donald Trump\u2019s crackdown on higher education at the first University Senate meeting of the semester \u2014 a response criticized by dozens of students protesting the administration outside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In an address to the 100-plus faculty, administrators and student representatives who comprise the senate, NYU President Linda Mills said the university was facing a \u201cchallenging and uncertain\u201d political environment. Her chief of staff, Emma Wolfe, said the country has seen \u201cincredibly rapid policy change\u201d and referenced Trump\u2019s 80-plus executive orders since taking office \u2014 many of which target <\/span>research<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>diversity-related programs<\/span><\/a> and topics relevant to higher education. She said that because many of the orders are overwhelmingly vague, blocked in court or both, administrators are hesitant to issue definitive statements on the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to be premature in our communications, and we don\u2019t want to be preemptive or overcorrective in our actions,\u201d Provost Georgina Dopico said. \u201cThe situation is changing day-to-day, hour-to-hour.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Wolfe said the university issues daily updates to leadership across schools and receives regular advice from specialized research groups, which were formed after Trump\u2019s reelection in November. She iterated through a list of common policy concerns \u2014 including immigration, research grants and equity-focused initiatives \u2014 and directed faculty and students to pre-existing resources, wellness counseling and previous statements. Mills said the senate aimed to keep presentations brief and instead prompt attendees to discuss their concerns with administrators in confidentiality after the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Danny Arensberg for WSN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since taking office, Trump has issued several executive orders calling for universities to terminate research, departments and other initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion. He has also called for the deportation of \u201cforeign students and faculty that support Hamas\u201d and ordered substantial cuts to medical research.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis has obviously created \u2014 for some in our community \u2014 real concerns, real uncertainties and in some cases, real fear,\u201d Wolfe said. \u201cBut in almost every case, the picture of each policy is incomplete.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When previously asked about the university\u2019s immigration policy, NYU spokesperson John Beckman previously said that it \u201c<\/span>will comply with the law<\/span><\/a>.\u201d In a Thursday statement to WSN, Beckman said that immigration policies have not changed since Trump\u2019s first term in 2017 and that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would not be allowed on campus without a search warrant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, the university\u2019s policy has faced backlash from students calling for more explicit protections for international members of the NYU community. Around two dozen students picketed the meeting, demanding NYU declare itself a \u201csanctuary campus\u201d \u2014 a formality that indicates a university has adopted policies to protect international students from threats of deportation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Danny Arensberg for WSN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The group assembled in Washington Square Park and marched to the entrance of the Kimmel Center for University Life, holding signs while chanting, \u201cNo compliance with Trump\u2019s violence\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t give in to Trump\u2019s lies.\u201d Protesters also called for the university to bolster its support for transgender students, agree to maintain its DEI programming and pardon students facing disciplinary action for participating in pro-Palestinian protests last semester.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlike <\/span>several other major universities<\/span><\/a>, NYU has not updated its diversity-related offices or protocols \u2014 however, NYU Langone Health was among the first hospitals reported to deny gender-affirming care to patients following a federal executive order earlier this month. Wolfe said during the meeting that the NYU Student Health Center continues to offer its regular care for transgender students, but did not mention NYU Langone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Danny Arensberg contributed reporting.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Contact Dharma Niles at dniles@nyunews.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

This story Admin remain vague on potential Trump policy changes<\/a> appeared first on Washington Square News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NYU leadership doubled down on its cautionary public response to President Donald Trump\u2019s crackdown on higher education at the first University Senate meeting of the semester \u2014 a response criticized by dozens of students protesting the administration outside.\u00a0 In an address to the 100-plus faculty, administrators and student representatives who comprise the senate, NYU President Linda Mills said the university was facing a \u201cchallenging and uncertain\u201d political environment. Her chief of staff, Emma Wolfe, said the country has seen \u201cincredibly rapid policy change\u201d and referenced Trump\u2019s 80-plus executive orders since taking office \u2014 many of which target research, diversity-related programs and topics relevant to higher education. She said that because many of the orders are overwhelmingly vague, blocked in court or both, administrators are hesitant to issue definitive statements on the matter. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to be premature in our communications, and we don\u2019t want to be preemptive or overcorrective in our actions,\u201d Provost Georgina Dopico said. \u201cThe situation is changing day-to-day, hour-to-hour.\u201d Wolfe said the university issues daily updates to leadership across schools and receives regular advice from specialized research groups, which were formed after Trump\u2019s reelection in November. She iterated through a list of common policy concerns \u2014 including immigration, research grants and equity-focused initiatives \u2014 and directed faculty and students to pre-existing resources, wellness counseling and previous statements. Mills said the senate aimed to keep presentations brief and instead prompt attendees to discuss their concerns with administrators in confidentiality after the meeting. (Danny Arensberg for WSN) Since taking office, Trump has issued several executive orders calling for universities to terminate research, departments and other initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion. He has also called for the deportation of \u201cforeign students and faculty that support Hamas\u201d and ordered substantial cuts to medical research. \u201cThis has obviously created \u2014 for some in our community \u2014 real concerns, real uncertainties and in some cases, real fear,\u201d Wolfe said. \u201cBut in almost every case, the picture of each policy is incomplete.\u201d When previously asked about the university\u2019s immigration policy, NYU spokesperson John Beckman previously said that it \u201cwill comply with the law.\u201d In a Thursday statement to WSN, Beckman said that immigration policies have not changed since Trump\u2019s first term in 2017 and that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would not be allowed on campus without a search warrant.\u00a0 Still, the university\u2019s policy has faced backlash from students calling for more explicit protections for international members of the NYU community. Around two dozen students picketed the meeting, demanding NYU declare itself a \u201csanctuary campus\u201d \u2014 a formality that indicates a university has adopted policies to protect international students from threats of deportation.\u00a0 (Danny Arensberg for WSN) The group assembled in Washington Square Park and marched to the entrance of the Kimmel Center for University Life, holding signs while chanting, \u201cNo compliance with Trump\u2019s violence\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t give in to Trump\u2019s lies.\u201d Protesters also called for the university to bolster its support for transgender students, agree to maintain its DEI programming and pardon students facing disciplinary action for participating in pro-Palestinian protests last semester.\u00a0 Unlike several other major universities, NYU has not updated its diversity-related offices or protocols \u2014 however, NYU Langone Health was among the first hospitals reported to deny gender-affirming care to patients following a federal executive order earlier this month. Wolfe said during the meeting that the NYU Student Health Center continues to offer its regular care for transgender students, but did not mention NYU Langone.\u00a0 Danny Arensberg contributed reporting. Contact Dharma Niles at dniles@nyunews.com. This story Admin remain vague on potential Trump policy changes appeared first on Washington Square News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713\/revisions\/719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}