White House calls on universities to agree to demands for expanded access to federal funding

Reuters

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The Trump administration sent letters to nine universities on Wednesday proposing a 10-point compact that would provide priority access to federal grants and White House events in exchange for agreeing to specific operating principles.</span

The New York Times

Newsmax

The Trump administration sent letters to nine universities on Wednesday proposing a 10-point compact that would provide priority access to federal grants and White House events in exchange for agreeing to specific operating principles.

The compact requires universities to ban race or sex considerations in hiring and admissions, freeze tuition for five years, limit international undergraduate enrollment to 15 percent and require standardized testing for applicants.</span

The New Republic

The compact requires universities to ban race or sex considerations in hiring and admissions, freeze tuition for five years, limit international undergraduate enrollment to 15 percent and require standardized testing for applicants.

Universities must ensure a vibrant marketplace of ideas on campus and abolish departments that purposefully punish, belittle or spark violence against conservative ideas according to the agreement terms.</span

The Wall Street Journal

Universities must ensure a vibrant marketplace of ideas on campus and abolish departments that purposefully punish, belittle or spark violence against conservative ideas according to the agreement terms.

The nine schools contacted include Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, MIT, University of Texas at Austin, University of Arizona, Brown University and University of Virginia.</span

The Daily Beast

The Hill

The nine schools contacted include Vanderbilt University, Dartmouth College, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, MIT, University of Texas at Austin, University of Arizona, Brown University and University of Virginia.

Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, expressed concern about the compact, stating the implications for free speech are horrifying and describing it as an unprecedented power play by the federal government.</span

Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, expressed concern about the compact, stating the implications for free speech are horrifying and describing it as an unprecedented power play by the federal government.

Universities that sign the compact and later violate its terms could be forced to return any federal money received that year as well as private contributions, with compliance monitored through anonymous polling and Justice Department review.</span

The Washington Examiner

Universities that sign the compact and later violate its terms could be forced to return any federal money received that year as well as private contributions, with compliance monitored through anonymous polling and Justice Department review.

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