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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news outlet that covers education.
At least one Colorado university says it doesn’t intend to answer a Trump administration questionnaire sent to colleges and universities earlier this month that federal officials said will build trust with the American people.
Other institutions of higher education in the state, including Colorado’s two largest public university systems, said they haven’t decided if they will respond to the questions .
The letter asks officials about their approach to free speech, research, admissions, campus protests and more. McMahon also asked them to post their answers prominently on their schools’ websites by the end of the year.
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The letter doesn’t include threats regarding investigations or funding, unlike the administration’s previous attempts to exert influence, and overall it strikes a relatively collaborative tone. Yet it represents the latest test for higher education leaders as Trump officials look to shape college campus policy across the country, and at a time when Americans’ confidence in higher education is low.
Many of the questions in the Aug. 3 letter address issues typically decided by individual campuses, their leaders and faculty.
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