CLEMSON — In a show of solidarity with besieged faculty at universities under scrutiny by the Trump administration, faculty at Clemson University voted on a largely symbolic resolution rejecting attempts to get various schools to agree to a list of demands in exchange for guarantees of federal funding.

Clemson's faculty senate met Oct. 21 to discuss budget cuts, academic freedom and pending state legislation, but also political pressure to align universities, including Clemson, with a partisan agenda.

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