Jonathan Lai, Staff Writer
You don’t become the president of one of the nation’s largest universities without mastering the diplomatic art of silence.
But when the president of the United States restricts immigration or signals he may roll back protections for students brought into this country illegally as children, the calculus changes.
“The times are different,” Robert L. Barchi, the president of Rutgers University, said in a rare sit-down interview.
“Once the campaigns are over and we start having actions taken that directly impact my students at my university — my ability to do what I need to do and our ability as a university to carry out our mission — I have to speak out,” he said. “And that’s what is happening.”
[…]“He has always been careful to say that faculty and students are free to express their agreement with Trump’s positions,” said David M. Hughes, head of the faculty union.
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