Seven out of nine universities that the Trump administration solicited for feedback on its Compact for Academic Excellence in Education have rejected the plan, while two others remain noncommittal.

President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 announced that she formally rejected the Trump administration’s compact in a Wednesday letter to the Brown community. The compact, which was sent to the ...

A walkway on Brown University’s campus in Providence, R.I., on March 17, 2025. Reporter The Israelis freed in the Gaza hostage deal, what to know about Trump’s funding ‘compact’ for colleges, and more ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. While seven of the nine universities originally invited to join the Trump administration’s ...

When a government tells universities what they must teach and pledge to receive funding, that’s not education — it’s coercion and indoctrination. This is not new. We’ve seen it before: In the United ...

President Sian Leah Beilock has rightly rejected the Trump administration’s coercive Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. The compact was a deal with the devil, deceptively designed to ...

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has rejected the Trump administration’s proposal to sign on to the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which would mandate sweeping changes ...

Submitting to ideological constraints would undermine U.S. universities. Colleges Must Reject a Devil’s Bargain The Trump administration this week offered U.S. colleges and universities preferential ...

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The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in ...

President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 sought input from the broader Brown community about the Trump administration’s “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education” on Friday. She first acknowledged ...