Student leaders at UVA are among those at seven of the original nine universities to sign a joint letter against the compact.

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Faculty and students at the nine universities first offered the Trump administration’s compact for preferential treatment will rally against it Friday in a national day of action.

University of Virginia faculty, students, staff and alumni will participate in a press conference, rally and march Friday. Student leaders at UVA are among those at seven of the original nine universities to sign a joint letter against the compact.

“This unanimous response to the ‘Compact’ leaves little doubt where students, faculty, and staff at UVA and the other institutions stand: rather than capitulation, they assert that robust academic freedom, insti

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