What did the college agree to?
Concerning EO157, Bard College commits to:
Engagement with elected officials, civil rights organizations, legal advocacy groups, and other interested parties to highlight the views shared by many individuals and institutions that the provisions of EO157, particularly as applied to academic institutions, are anathema to the principles of free speech upon which the United States was founded, and detrimental to the robust academic inquiry and debate that have allowed US higher education to thrive and contribute to solving some of the most complex and nuanced social, political and economic issues facing the country.
Subject to legally required compliance obligations, the College commits to acting in support of appropriate challenges –political, social, and legal– to EO157, and to challenge other legislation and executive orders that limit speech, devoting resources—intellectual, moral, and, where appropriate and available, financial– to these efforts.
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