As Americans reel from the shocking news out of Minneapolis, college and university presidents are deciding whether and how their institutions will collaborate with ICE. For alumni, it is a stark reminder of why schools must proactively guard institutional independence. That’s why Stand for Campus Freedom is launching this urgent petition from alumni to university presidents to reject ICE cooperation agreements and defend campus freedom. The sooner you can sign and share, the stronger the signal will be from alumni to university leaders across America: https://bit.ly/reject-ice “Stand for Campus Freedom unites alumni across generations, geographies, and viewpoints to protect academic freedom and stand up for democracy. Together, we are building a national movement that holds universities accountable to their highest ideals, resists political coercion, and strengthens America’s leadership on the world stage. SCF is a project of Democracy House, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that integrates the focus and practice of democracy into college and university life.”

The Trump Administration is interpreting the “One Big Beautiful Bill” to exclude nursing from the list of degrees treated as “professional degrees” for the purposes of federal student aid, while leaving many other health and public-service programs subject to significantly lower borrowing caps. Join Stand Strong Hopkins to tell President Ron Daniels and the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees to protect academic freedom and professional programs from harmful federal interference. Please sign and share this petition with Johns Hopkins alums, allies, and anyone you think will add their name and spread the word: https://bit.ly/StandStrongHopkins

The Trump Administration is trying to place the University of Michigan and colleges across the country under political control. Join with Maize and Blue Courage to tell President Domenico Grasso and the Board of Regents to protect U-M academic freedom and independence from the federal government. Please sign and share this petition link with University of Michigan alums, allies, and anyone across the country you think will add their name now to stand up for campus freedom: https://bit.ly/MaizeBlueCourage 

The Trump Administration is trying to place the University of Chicago and colleges across the country under political control. Join with UChicago Alumni for Academic Freedom to tell President Paul Alivisatos and the Board of Trustees to protect UChicago's academic freedom and independence from the federal government. Please sign and share this petition link with UChicago alums, allies, and anyone across the country you think will add their name now to stand up for campus freedom: https://bit.ly/uchicagoalumni

Texas A&M recently instituted administrative rules requiring ideological review and approval of certain course content, which represents a dramatic departure from the norms that have governed leading research universities for generations. In response, a group of A&M alums have formed Aggies Forward, a new alumni group advocating for academic freedom and institutional independence. Please sign and share this Aggies Forward petition link with A&M alumni and allies -- and anyone you know who wants to build a movement to stand for campus freedom in Texas and across the country: https://bit.ly/aggiesforward

The Trump Administration is trying to place the University of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed to tell President James Milliken, the UC Regents, and Gov. Newsom to protect UC's academic freedom and independence from the federal government. Please sign and share this petition link with UC alums, allies of the University of California, and anyone across the country you think will add their name now to stand up for campus freedom: https://bit.ly/ucunbowed

The Trump Administration’s “Compact” will put the University of Texas at Austin under political control. Join with Longhorns for Liberty to tell President Jim Davis and the Board of Regents to reject the compact and protect UT Austin’s independence from the federal government. Please sign and share this petition link with UT alums, allies of Longhorns for Liberty across the country, and anyone you think will add their name now to stand up for campus freedom: https://bit.ly/longhornsforliberty

The federal government is trying to extort your school by coercing American universities into joining its so-called "Compact”. This is a time for courage, not capitulation. Sign this alumni petition now to tell your school to reject the "Compact" and stand up for campus freedom. “Stand for Campus Freedom unites alumni across generations, geographies, and viewpoints to protect academic freedom and stand up for democracy. Together, we are building a national movement that holds universities accountable to their highest ideals, resists political coercion, and strengthens America’s leadership on the world stage. SCF is a project of Democracy House, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that integrates the focus and practice of democracy into college and university life.”

The future of American higher education and our democracy is at stake. If you are an alum from one of these 9 schools, please sign this urgent alumni petition to support your alma mater as well as schools across America that are counting on you to take a stand for campus freedom. “Stand for Campus Freedom unites alumni across generations, geographies, and viewpoints to protect academic freedom and stand up for democracy. Together, we are building a national movement that holds universities accountable to their highest ideals, resists political coercion, and strengthens America’s leadership on the world stage. SCF is a project of Democracy House, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that integrates the focus and practice of democracy into college and university life.”