At least four Maine schools are signing on to a public statement that’s being called a unified voice against the Trump administration’s “unprecedented government overreach” into American higher education.

Almost 250 schools nationwide have signed the statement so far, including the heads of Bowdoin College, Bates College, Colby College and the University of New England in Maine.

The Trumps administration has made certain demands from a number of high-profile U.S. Universities and vowed to withhold billions in federal funding if they fail to comply.

The public statement released Tuesday is titled. “A Call for Constructive Engagement.” It was written by the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

The Trump administration has received concessions to its demands – which typically include the rescinding of diversity, equity and inclusion standards and investigations into accusations of anti-Semitic actions on campus – from a number of high-profile schools, notably Columbia University.

The White House is currently involved in a well-publicized stand-off with Harvard University.

A White House task force on antisemitism has demanded that Harvard change its practices or face the loss of billions of dollars in federal funding. Those demands, as reported by WGBH, included changing its admissions practices, banning face masks, dismantling specific student groups, getting rid of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and reforming programs with a history of anti-Semitic bias.

Harvard rejected those demands, and the White House has said it will withhold more than $2 billion in federal funding from the university,

In response, Harvard filed a lawsuit this week, arguing the First Amendment protects its speech from the government’s pressure.