With no takers yet, White House meets with colleges still weighing an agreement with Trump

The five universities that were still weighing President Donald Trump’s higher-education compact were asked to join a White ...

University of Virginia Won’t Join White House’s Compact for Colleges

It was the fifth school in a matter of days to refuse an offer of preferential funding treatment from the government, even as ...

With No Takers Yet, White House Sets Meeting With Colleges Still Weighing Trump's 'Compact'

The five remaining universities that have not announced a decision on President Donald Trump’s higher-education compact have ...

5 universities reject White House funding deal with attached demands. Multiple other schools have yet to respond

The battle for academic freedom and institutional sovereignty in higher education continues to play out as another university ...

The White House has a shutdown escape hatch — but it's likely illegal

Trump's budget chief, Russell Vought, is using creative accounting to make sure the president's priorities don't suffer ...

Universities Are Standing Up to Trump

For months, the White House campaign to remake higher education faced only sporadic resistance. Over the past week, though, ...
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As Compact Deadline Nears, White House Meets With University Leaders

The meeting follows increasingly forceful pushback to the wide-ranging proposal, including a joint statement from 36 higher ...

Brown University rejects Trump's higher education 'compact'

P ROVIDENCE – Brown University President Christina H. Paxson has rejected the Trump administration's proposed "compact" tying preferential access to federal funds to, as she described it, the ...