Princeton University president Christopher L. Eisgruber has earned praise over his stance on academic freedom and protecting funding opportunities from the political pressures now being placed on universities by the Trump Administration.  Facing Title VI lawsuits and the loss of $210 million in grant funding, he tells NPR: "We make our decisions at Princeton based on our values and our principles… we’re going to stand strong for our values. We believe it’s important to defend academic freedom, and that’s not something that can be compromised."Eisgruber repeated his position in an interview with the NYT's The Daily podcast this week. Princeton is joined by other Ivies mulling threats for the removal of grants totaling $1 billion (Cornell), $510 million (Brown), and $175 million (UPenn). Harvard has said it will borrow $750 million and Columbia largely capitulated to demands that were tied to $400 million last month.