William Jacobson: Trump's Compact for Excellence in Higher Ed: Trump Extends an Olive Branch; Academia Slaps It Out of His Hand

Agreed.

The compact is just about exactly what academia needs.

The fact that it is so opposed to it shows you pretty much what you need to know about the contemporary state of the enterprise.

I wish academia could govern itself

But the insane left has taken it over--and the left is incapable to correctly governing anything.