Virginia’s flagship public university and another Ivy League institution have declined the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, joining four other schools that have so far said no to the offer of preferred federal funding considerations.
On Oct. 17, University of Virginia interim President Paul Mahones told Education Secretary Linda McMahon that his institution, based in Charlottesville, seeks “no special treatment in exchange for our pursuit of those fundamental goals” related to education, research, and medical patient care.
