Alyssa Nadworny
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It would require schools to freeze tuition for five years, limit international student enrollment, and require standardized tests for admissions, among other things.
The University of Virginia is among the schools to decline.
UVA's interim president said they wanted, quote, On Friday, the White House held a meeting with college leaders to discuss the compact.
On X, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the meeting was, quote, positive and an important step.
The White House did not provide details on how they will incorporate feedback or make changes to the compact.
Alyssa Nadworny, NPR News.
The letter from MIT President Sally Kornbluth says the compact quote includes principles with which we disagree.
MIT was one of nine universities asked by the Department of Education to sign the agreement to ensure access to federal funding and grants.
The compact requires schools to agree to a list of demands, including a five-year tuition rate freeze, limits on international students, and prohibiting the use of race or sex as admissions factors.
Kornbluth writes the university believes that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone, and therefore, quote, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.
The university is the first school to respond publicly to the administration's compact.
Alyssa Nadworny, NPR News.
The Trump administration sent a letter to multiple colleges requesting they commit to things like viewpoint diversity, free speech, and rooting out what the administration says is, quote, anti-Semitic and illegal behavior on college campuses.
In response to the memo, the chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents said in a statement, the system was honored that its flagship campus was chosen and, quote, we welcome the new opportunity to working with the Trump administration on it.
This latest attempt at a compact comes after the Trump administration canceled or threatened to cut federal funding for universities over a number of issues, including transgender policies, diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and anti-Semitism.
Alyssa Nadwani, NPR News.
He's referring there to Education Secretary Linda McMahon.
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He did say Harvard would pay $500 million and fund trade schools in exchange for the reactivation of federal research funding, and so that, quote, their sins are forgiven.
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Officials at Harvard have not commented on the deal.
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Alyssa Nadworny, NPR News.
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