""Notwithstanding these areas of alignment, we are concerned that even though the Compact would be voluntary, tying research benefits to it would, over time, undermine the same values of free inquiry and academic excellence that the Compact seeks to promote," Kim wrote. "Other countries whose governments lack America's commitment to freedom and democracy have shown how academic excellence can suffer when shifting external priorities tilt the research playing field away from free, meritocratic competition.""
"California governor Gavin Newsom, a possible Democratic presidential contender, had threatened that any university in his state that signed the compact would "instantly" lose billions of state dollars."
"Over at Penn, president J. Larry Jameson wrote in a message to his community Thursday that his university "respectfully declines to sign the proposed Compact." He added that his university did provide feedback to the department on the proposal."
The Universities of Pennsylvania and Southern California refused to sign the Compact for Academic Excellence, becoming the third and fourth of nine initially approached institutions to decline. Both announcements arrived days before the Oct. 20 feedback deadline. USC noted areas of alignment but warned that linking research benefits to a voluntary compact could, over time, undermine free inquiry and academic excellence, citing international examples. Penn formally declined while providing feedback to the department. California's governor warned that state funding could be at risk for any campus that signs the compact.
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