"SAN FRANCISCO - The Trump administration is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the University of California in an attempt to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by faculty, staff, student organizations and every labor union representing UC workers. The lawsuit comes weeks after the Trump administration fined the University of California, Los Angeles $1.2 billion and froze research funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus and other civil rights violations."
"According to the lawsuit, the Trump administration has made several demands in its proposed settlement offer to UCLA, including giving government access to faculty, student, and staff data, releasing admissions and hiring data, ending diversity scholarships, banning overnight demonstrations on university property and cooperating with immigration enforcement. The Department of Justice didn't immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did the office of the UC system's president."
"Stett Holbrook, a spokesman for the University of California system, said that while the university is not involved in the lawsuit, it is part of numerous legal and advocacy efforts to restore and maintain funding. "Federal cuts to research funding threaten lifesaving biomedical research, hamper U.S. economic competitiveness and jeopardize the health of Americans who depend on the University's cutting-edge medical science and innovation," he said in a statement."
Faculty, staff, student organizations and every labor union representing University of California workers filed a lawsuit alleging the Trump administration is using civil rights laws to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech. The administration fined UCLA $1.2 billion and froze research funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism and other civil rights violations. The administration's proposed settlement demands include government access to faculty, student, and staff data; release of admissions and hiring data; ending diversity scholarships; banning overnight demonstrations; and cooperating with immigration enforcement. The coalition is led by the AAUP and represented by Democracy Forward.
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