7 Universities Decline Trump Admin’s Higher Education Compact

Some of the universities say the agreement would infringe on freedom of expression. Supporters say it combats discrimination and promotes viewpoint diversity.
7 Universities Decline Trump Admin’s Higher Education Compact
The University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on Oct. 12, 2022. Daxia Rojas/AFP via Getty Images
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Sam Dorman
Sam Dorman
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Multiple Ivy League and prominent state schools have declined the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education as of an Oct. 20 deadline for offering feedback.

So far, at least seven of nine universities have refused the compact, which would offer them preferred consideration for federal funding. Vanderbilt University and the University of Texas are still considering the offer but others like the University of Arizona have released statements expressing their opposition.

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.