What are Mutual Academic Defense Compacts (MADCs)?

Faculty from across the country have rallied to the idea of collective action to defend higher education. This action has been formulated by faculty governance organizations nationwide as Mutual Academic Defense Compacts (MADCs). 

The principles of a MADC are that member organizations pool their legal, public relations, and other resources, and collectively respond to any political interference against their members. This movement began when the Rutgers University Senate passed a resolution calling for a MADC  across the Big 10 schools. Similar resolutions were then passed by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and this initiative  spread across the country. Closer to home, MADC resolutions were passed by the university faculty senates of the State University of New York and the City University of New York, and virtually every college within CUNY has passed a MADC resolution calling on you as CUNY Chancellor to engage with the SUNY Chancellor for a New York State Mutual Academic Defense Compact.