Head Of Trump's Alma Mater Adds Name To Criticism Of White House Attacks On Universities

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Trump graduated from Penn's Wharton School of Business in 1968.
43% : On Tuesday, the American Association of Colleges and Universities published a letter signed by more than 200 leaders of colleges and universities -- including Jameson -- that denounced the administration's actions towards higher education institutions as "unprecedented" federal outreach.
35% : The orders affected $175 million in government-funded research at Penn -- a decision Jameson warned could undermine "lifesaving and life-improving research, the loss of which will be felt by society and individuals far beyond our campus for years to come." On Monday, Harvard University sued the Trump administration for freezing billions of dollars in federal grants.
24% : "As leaders of America's colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education," the letter stated.

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