AUSTIN, Texas - In response to President Trump’s Higher Education Compact, UT students came together to protest the latest move from the White House.

UT Austin students protest

Local perspective:

On Monday evening, dozens gathered outside the Gregory Gymnasium Plaza, standing together against a request from President Trump for the university to implement a wave of policy changes.

The march was put on by the Austin Students for a Democratic Society.

"If the administration wants to be under the guise of Trump at all times, we would much prefer to have our own freedom from the federal administration," says Ryan Lowe, a freshman at UT.

Dig deeper:

On October 1, UT Austin was among nine universities invited to take part in Trump’s Higher Education Compact. The letter asks that UT make

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