President Alison Byerly publishes op-ed in Star Tribune
Byerly is president of Carleton College.
Carleton President Alison Byerly published an opinion piece in the Star Tribune titled, “Higher ed is responsible to the public, not the Trump administration.”
Since this month’s release of the Trump administration’s “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education,” the majority of institutions invited to adopt the compact have declined to sign on. Higher education associations, including the American Council on Education and the American Association of Colleges and Universities, have challenged the compact’s terms, while also acknowledging that higher education has a responsibility not only to our students, but to the general public. As a Minnesota private college president, I see a college’s relationship to our local community as an important part of our mission.