The Trump administration sent a 10-page document called the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education to nine universities, offering preferential federal funding in exchange for adopting specific policies and restrictions.</span

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The Trump administration sent a 10-page document called the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education to nine universities, offering preferential federal funding in exchange for adopting specific policies and restrictions.

MIT President Sally Kornbluth became the first university leader to publicly reject the compact on Friday, stating the proposal includes principles that would restrict freedom of expression and institutional independence.</span

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MIT President Sally Kornbluth became the first university leader to publicly reject the compact on Friday, stating the proposal includes principles that would restrict freedom of expression and institutional independence.

The compact requires universities to freeze tuition for five years, limit international student enrollment to 15 percent, adopt strict gender definitions and eliminate consideration of race or sex in admissions decisions.</span

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The compact requires universities to freeze tuition for five years, limit international student enrollment to 15 percent, adopt strict gender definitions and eliminate consideration of race or sex in admissions decisions.

The eight other universities that received the compact include Brown, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, University of Virginia, University of Southern California, University of Texas at Austin and University of Arizona.</span

The eight other universities that received the compact include Brown, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, University of Virginia, University of Southern California, University of Texas at Austin and University of Arizona.

White House spokesperson Liz Huston responded that universities refusing the compact are not serving students but bowing to radical left-wing bureaucrats, while California Governor Gavin Newsom threatened funding cuts for state schools that sign.</span

White House spokesperson Liz Huston responded that universities refusing the compact are not serving students but bowing to radical left-wing bureaucrats, while California Governor Gavin Newsom threatened funding cuts for state schools that sign.

MIT received $648 million in federal funding for sponsored activities last year and faces potential budget cuts of $300 million due to the new endowment tax and possible loss of federal research funding.</span

MIT received $648 million in federal funding for sponsored activities last year and faces potential budget cuts of $300 million due to the new endowment tax and possible loss of federal research funding.

MIT Rejects Trump's University Compact, Faces Funding Cuts

MIT Rejects Trump's University Compact, Faces Funding Cuts

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