Nine universities were initially offered the Trump administration’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which would require them to make a wide-ranging series of ...

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The proposed compact was accompanied by a letter from U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon promising "multiple positive benefits" to institutions. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by ...

Demands sent to nine top schools included pledging to freeze tuition for five years and to commit to strict definitions of gender. By Michael C. Bender The White House on Wednesday sent letters to ...

On Oct. 1, the Trump administration sent a compact to nine universities — including Penn —promising preferential funding treatment in exchange for their compliance with a set of sweeping guidelines.

The Trump administration’s new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” is a trap. Presented last week to a group of nine universities that doesn’t yet include Stanford, the compact ...