Price signs letter decrying 'unprecedented government overreach' alongside over 150 university presidents

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : The signatories emphasized the role of American higher education in ensuring the country's leadership in health care, research and other essential services, as well as to ultimately "sustain [the nation's] democracy.
57% : The University was the seventh-highest recipient of such federal funds across higher education in 2023, topping all Ivy League institutions except Columbia University.
51% : President Vincent Price joined 184 colleges, universities and scholarly societies in a letter condemning the federal government's "unprecedented" threats to higher education and calling for "constructive engagement" from the Trump administration.
39% : The Trump administration has moved to cut billions of dollars in research funding from federal sources such as the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and USAID, stifling research efforts across higher education.
28% : The joint statement released Tuesday by the American Association of Colleges and Universities further denounced "the coercive use of public research funding" and cited "undue government intrusion" as a threat to the mission of higher education.

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