Sequoia Carrillo

Among the demands are a five-year tuition freeze and capping international student enrollment at 15%.

Many schools feel the agreement would set a precedent for how funding is doled out.

For instance, in MIT's letter declining the proposal, President Sally Kornbluth states that, quote, scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

MIT, Brown, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Southern California have declined the invitation.

Sequoia Carrillo, NPR News.