Trump Admin Offers 9 Universities Federal Grants for Signing Compact

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Above: President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025. Image copyright: Win McNamee/Getty Images

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The Spin

This compact will offer universities a reasonable path to excellence by demanding colorblind admissions, frozen tuition and vibrant campus debate. Schools can finally prioritize merit over woke ideology while receiving substantial federal grants for upholding basic academic standards.

Newsmax

This is authoritarian overreach, weaponizing federal funding to silence academic freedom and crush dissent. The administration is dangling federal grants to force universities into abandoning diversity while eliminating entire departments that challenge conservative ideology.

The New Republic