US EditionBrown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
Faculty and students at Brown and other top universities oppose a Trump administration compact linking federal funding to compliance with political mandates, citing threats to academic freedom.
- Student leaders and faculty at Brown urged university administrators to reject the compact, pressing Paxson to refuse it as Brown professor Paja Faudree called it "extortion, plain and simple."
- The compact, a 10-point document, would cap international enrollment, freeze tuition, and limit speech; nine selected universities must comment by Oct. 20 and decide by Nov. 21.
- Faculty at Dartmouth and other schools demonstrated resistance by gathering more than 500 Dartmouth faculty signatures and securing a 97 percent faculty vote against the compact at the University of Virginia.
- Paxson, Brown University president, wrote that Brown is 'respectfully declining to join the Compact' while preserving its July voluntary agreement with the federal government, saying compact provisions would impede the university's mission.
- Bloomberg reported the Trump administration expanded invitations to all US colleges, while some university trustees show support and Kevin Eltife called it an "honor" for potential funding advantages.
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Brown University says no to Trump proposal
WASHINGTON — Brown University rejected a Trump administration proposal Wednesday that would provide favorable access to funding in exchange for a wide range of commitments, saying the deal would curtail academic freedom and undermine the university's independence.
Trump’s ‘excellence’ compact kills UVA’s free speech and self-rule
The Rotunda at the University of Virginia. (Photo by Sarah Vogelsong/Virginia Mercury)Carl Tobias, a professor and expert in constitutional law, called the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” that President Donald Trump’s administration wants the University of Virginia to sign to get federal funds exactly what it is. “It’s a pact with the devil,” Tobias told me. “It is madness to enter that agreement.” Legislators in the Virgi…
2 universities decline White House offer for expanded access to federal funding in exchange for demands. Here’s what we know | News Channel 3-12
By Taylor Romine, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The battle for academic freedom and institutional sovereignty in higher education continues to play out as another university has rejected a White House offer for expanded access to federal funding in return for agreeing to a series of demands. Brown University on Wednesday declined an offer by the Trump administration to join a compact that would potentially give preferential funding in exchange for a …
After MIT, Brown University Rejects Trumps College Compact Invite
Brown University declined the White House's invitation to sign an agreement that would grant preferential funding in exchange for a slew of policy changes, like Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) bans and limits on international students.
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