Join us and AAUP and HELU partners nationwide to learn about the billionaire behind Trump’s higher ed loyalty oath compact, and how we fight back. Billionaire Marc Rowan, CEO of the private equity giant Apollo Global Management, is a key author of the Trump administration’s “Compact” for higher ed—a loyalty oath that would award federal research funding based on allegiance to Trump’s far right ideological agenda, roll back the gains of the civil rights movement, and erode the freedoms to teach, learn, and speak. Learn about Rowan’s agenda, how he and other private equity executives exercise outsized power in higher education, how Apollo has contributed to the student debt crisis —and how we can fight back.
Published: October 24, 2025
