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Part of the deal would require Northwestern University, an elite school outside Chicago, to pay the government $75 million over the next three years.
In exchange, the government will unfreeze $790 million in research funding that was canceled last spring over accusations of racial discrimination and anti-Semitism.
The agreement allows the college to retain full academic freedom and says the Trump administration will end all open investigations into the school.
This deal follows similar deals the Trump administration has made with Cornell University, Brown University, and Columbia University.
Part of the deal would require Cornell, an Ivy League school in upstate New York, to pay the government $30 million and also invest $30 million more in agriculture and farming.
In April, the government froze millions of dollars in research funding over accusations of racial discrimination and anti-Semitism.
In addition to reinstating millions in research grants, the agreement says the Trump administration will end open investigations into the school.
This deal follows similar deals the Trump administration has made with Brown University and Columbia University.
Part of the deal would require Cornell, an Ivy League school in upstate New York, to pay the government $30 million and also invest $30 million more in agriculture and farming.
In April, the government froze millions of dollars in research funding over accusations of racial discrimination and anti-Semitism.
In addition to reinstating millions in research grants, the agreement says the Trump administration will end open investigations into the school.
This deal follows similar deals the Trump administration has made with Brown University and Columbia University.
The agreement between Virginia's public flagship and the DOJ comes after months of negotiations and will suspend the five remaining investigations into the university's admissions practices and DEI programs.
The deal doesn't require UVA to pay anything or give up academic control or freedom.
which makes this agreement different from deals that the White House has made with Brown University and Columbia University to reinstate federal funding in exchange for agreeing to specific political priorities.
Instead, UVA agrees to follow civil rights law regarding race and report quarterly to the DOJ to demonstrate it is following those rules.
University's interim president, Paul Mahoney, said the deal represented, quote, the best available path forward.