Two more universities have declined to sign President Donald Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, bringing the total number of nays to four, with five schools still undecided.
In an Oct. 16 announcement posted on the University of Pennsylvania’s website, the school’s president, President J. Larry Jameson, said after weighing input from faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, and others “who care deeply about Penn,” he told the federal government, thanks, but no thanks.
