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Northwestern University President Michael Schill listens during a faculty senate meeting on April 9, 2025, where a packet of letters of support from law professors, legal organizations and alumni across the country asking the university to take a stand against the federal government was given to Peter Barris, chair of the board of trustees. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Luis A. Nunes Amaral: Northwestern needs better leadership to fight back against Donald Trump

June 24, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Northwestern University’s leadership chooses not to afford the members of its community respect.

Assistant professor Haley Bowen attaches pieces of cloth with attendees' hopes written on them while attending part of National Day of Action for Higher Ed, a nationwide effort to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to education funding and changes to policy at Northwestern University, April 17, 2025, in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Luis A. Nunes Amaral: Northwestern’s board of trustees is ill-suited for fighting Donald Trump

June 9, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Most board of trustees are astonishingly unrepresentative of the students for whom they are supposed to defend the university’s values and mission.