Trump Admin Asks 9 Colleges to Agree to New Rules for Preferential Funding

The move is aimed at combating liberal influence in higher education.
Trump Admin Asks 9 Colleges to Agree to New Rules for Preferential Funding
The Main Green at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on March 17, 2025. Scott Eisen/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump on Oct. 1 offered some of the most prestigious public and private U.S. universities preferred consideration for federal funding, a White House official confirmed to The Epoch Times.

To qualify, the institutions needed to agree to a series of terms that include limiting the number of international students, freezing tuition rates for five years, and banning preference by race or gender in admissions and hiring.

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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.